fauna

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The runners in the night--that furred monkey race of hunters who combed the moonless dark of Astra when most of the higher fauna were asleep--were very distantly related to Sssuri's species, though the gap between them was that between highly civilized man and the jungle ape.

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  1. noun Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
  2. noun A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.

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  • In other upland regions, however, the splendid and extensive forests of oak and pine form marked features of the landscape, and are of much industrial value Illustration: VEGETATION IN THE TROPICAL FORESTS The diversity of climatic and botanical conditions of Mexico gives as a natural corollary a variety of animal life, and the fauna is an extensive one, including, with small exception, all the species of North America on the one hand, and of South America on the other. —  Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development
  • The runners in the night--that furred monkey race of hunters who combed the moonless dark of Astra when most of the higher fauna were asleep--were very distantly related to Sssuri's species, though the gap between them was that between highly civilized man and the jungle ape. —  Star Born
  • [166] Madagascar is the only island on the globe with a fairly rich mammalian fauna which is separated from a continent by a depth greater than a thousand fathoms; and no other island presents so many peculiarities in these animals, or has preserved so many lowly organised and archaic forms. —  Darwinism (1889)
  • Goats appear to have been rather the earlier, but are entirely absent from America The number of distinct species of sheep in our fauna is a matter of too much uncertainty to be treated with any sort of authority at this time. —  American Big Game in Its Haunts
  • These rainforests are honeypots for flora and fauna, among the most biodiverse places on Earth. —  EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed
 

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  1. Late Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus.

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  1. A modern application of the Late Latin Fauna, the prophesying sister of Faunus, the rural deity: see faun.
 

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