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Definition of Faunas

Fauna
Fauna Fau"na, n. [NL.: cf. F. faune. See Faun.] (Zo["o]l.) The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.

Meaning of Faunas from wikipedia

- Fauna (pl.: faunae or faunas) is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding terms for plants and fungi are flora...
- The concept of the three great evolutionary faunas of marine animals from the Cambrian to the present (that is, the entire Phanerozoic) was introduced...
- Fauna [ˈfau̯na] is a Roman rustic goddess said in differing ancient sources to be the wife, sister, or daughter of Faunus (the Roman counterpart of Pan)...
- The fauna of Ireland comprises all the animal species inhabiting the island of Ireland and its surrounding waters. This table uses figures supplied by...
- The fauna of Africa are all the animals living in Africa and its surrounding seas and islands. The more characteristic African fauna are found in the Afro-tropical...
- Look up Fauna or fauna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fauna is a collective term for animal life. Fauna may also refer to: Fauna (deity), an ancient...
- Fauna Hodel (August 1, 1951 – September 30, 2017) was an American author and motivational speaker, who wrote the true-crime memoir One Day She'll Darken:...
- The fauna of Australia consists of a large variety of animals; some 46% of birds, 69% of mammals, 94% of amphibians, and 93% of reptiles that inhabit...
- affinities and relationships between Mediterranean and Atlantic faunas. The deep-water fauna of the Mediterranean has no distinctive characteristics and is...
- biodiverse region with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity index, 102,718 species of fauna and 23.39% of the nation's geographical area under forest and tree cover...