fauna

Fauna are defined as the animals characteristic of a particular time period or a particular location.

(noun)

The animals that are characteristic of the rain forest are an example of its fauna.

See fauna in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. faunas or faunae

Origin: ModL < LL Fauna, sister of Faunus: adopted by Carolus Linnaeus (1746) as term parallel to flora

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See fauna in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. fau·nas or fau·nae (-nēˌ)

(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Animals, especially the animals of a particular region or period, considered as a group.
A catalog of the animals of a specific region or period.

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Origin: Late Latin Fauna, sister of Faunus

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