Brush Centaur

This is a species of centaur distinct from the ones that live with humans who live in rainforests who have stout, barrel-like bodies and leathery skin. They live near fresh water and love to swim in lakes and rivers, mostly at night. There population is divided into a few groups who live in the domain of the amazons and are under their protection, so some of them are enscripted as warriors or the Amazonian goddesses. Human relationships with these centaurs are uncommon besides ones captured and taken abroad as slaves (which also rarely happens), due to them being shy and because of protection from the dryads. Dryads will only allow the trading of slaves in their territory if it can benefit them and their kingdoms, which usually involves high tariffs of animal manure and seeds of rare plants.