Log in
Enquire now
Fauna

Fauna

Set of animal species in any particular region and time

OverviewStructured DataIssuesContributors

Contents

biologydictionary.net/fauna/

Other attributes

Wikidata ID
Q104021

Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess Shale fauna". Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils.

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit our continent are native to Australia.

Of the estimated 200,000 animal species in Australia, about 96% are invertebrates.

Brazil is currently considered the country with the greatest biodiversity on the planet. And one of the expressions of this great biodiversity is its fauna. Rich and exuberant, it consists of more than 100 thousand species including mammals, birds, amphibians, fish, reptiles, ole world.

The blooded animals, reptiles, birds, and bugs, with many being remarkable to Africa. In light of its biodiversity, it is a famous area for creature specialists as well as safari devotees. It contains north of 1,100 distinct warm blooded creature species, in addition to more than 60 flesh eater species, 100,000 bug species, 3,000 freshwater fish species, and more than 2,600 bird species. Its populaces of bugs contain 15-20% of all bugs on the planet.

Timeline

No Timeline data yet.

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date
No Further Resources data yet.

References

Find more entities like Fauna

Use the Golden Query Tool to find similar entities by any field in the Knowledge Graph, including industry, location, and more.
Open Query Tool
Access by API
Golden Query Tool
Golden logo

Company

  • Home
  • Pricing
  • Enterprise

Legal

  • Terms of Service
  • Enterprise Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

Help

  • Help center
  • API Documentation
  • Contact Us
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Service.