Definition of "anthro"

I gather the phrase is used in lieu of some more practical benefit, e.g., a "job," which, as holders of English lit and anthro degrees can tell you, isn't necessarily part of the program.

1988 September 9, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎

Unlikely as it seemed, he might somehow return to the Empire, and if that happened, any information he could bring back would be valuable to the socio and anthro specialists.

1992, Ann Wilson, Fearful Symmetry‎

Workshop anthros often ask Indians of tender age to give their authoritative answers to problems which an entire generation of Indians is just now beginning to solve.

1969, Vine Deloria, Jr., Custer Died for your Sins

While Deloria may have hoped to move anthropologists to be more appreciative, Erdoes simply sets scholars up as straw men for the average non-Indian academic reader to self-servingly scorn. Anthros are responsible for believing reservation Indians are “warriors without weapons” (1972:36-37)

1994, Julian Rice, “A ventriloquy of anthros”, in American Indian Quarterly, page 176

Extra animals add complexity, but the benefit is that you're more likely to create a unique new character. There's hundreds of wolf anthros, but how many zebra-striped pig-tigers are there?

2012, Lindsay Cibos, Jared Hodges, Draw More Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic Fantasy Creatures

They are to anthro cartoonists what Trekkies are to Star Trek, gathering for special conventions that feature anthro cartoons and cartoonists.

2004, Brad Guigar, The everything cartooning book, page 146