"Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora. Flora, fauna and other forms ...
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of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. 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 study of animals of a particular region is called faunistics." - (en.wikipedia.org 17.09.2020)
