protogen

Etymology 1
From primagen (“a furry cyborg character with a raptor-like body and fully robotic legs”), termed 8 April 2017. Created and coined by user Cedar "Malice-risu" Andrews as an open source fursona species, to contrast their copyrighted, more mechanical primagen species; in fiction, protogen are canonically the predecessor species to primagen, hence the name.

Noun

 * 1)  A fictional anthropomorphic furry (animal-like character with human-like characteristics) cyborg with a robotic chest, thighs and a visor screen upon which the creature's face is displayed.

Etymology 2
Shortening.