Animal-hearted

Animal-hearted is a sub-community of the Otherkin community. Animal-hearted can be defined as when a person identifies as human but has a strong "connection with" or feels a "relation with" an animal.

Unlike someone who identifies with the term Therian

Person one: I dont think I am therian as I identify more spiritually WITH animals rather than AS one
Person two: I think that would fall under the definition "Animal-hearted"