The fact is that "anthropomorphic" and "Furry" mean different things to different fans. Some are happy to accept any characters that look superficially like anthropomorphic animals, even when this means that all species are the size of humans, have the same diet as humans, and so on. Others prefer a more distinct difference between the species; characters are closer to their species' sizes (the mice are smaller than the dogs and the elephants are larger than just about everyone else), the carnivores are distinct from the herbivores, etc. I disagree that you can say that furries in general prefer the "funny animal" approach where all animal-people are just like humans. For those that are satisfied with this, these stories are fine. I try in my reviews to distinguish between funny-animal stories and those with a more discernible species difference, and well-written stories vs. poorly-written stories, so that readers can judge accordingly.
The fact is that "anthropomorphic" and "Furry" mean different things to different fans. Some are happy to accept any characters that look superficially like anthropomorphic animals, even when this means that all species are the size of humans, have the same diet as humans, and so on. Others prefer a more distinct difference between the species; characters are closer to their species' sizes (the mice are smaller than the dogs and the elephants are larger than just about everyone else), the carnivores are distinct from the herbivores, etc. I disagree that you can say that furries in general prefer the "funny animal" approach where all animal-people are just like humans. For those that are satisfied with this, these stories are fine. I try in my reviews to distinguish between funny-animal stories and those with a more discernible species difference, and well-written stories vs. poorly-written stories, so that readers can judge accordingly.
Fred Patten