Talking about fauna

TALKING ABOUT FAUNA
Fauna is sometimes referred to as fauns, meaning forest spirits. By definition, fauna is a group of indigenous animals of any geographical region. So, the term flora and fauna were coined by biologists to refer to a collection of plants and animals specific to a given geographic location.
The planet Earth is a beautiful place to live in. Life has flourished on the planet, thanks to the bountiful sun and vast oceans of water. No matter where we go on the planet, there are stunning plants, flowers, and animals that catch our attention. They are two very important aspects of any ecosystem.
Of all the living organisms on the planet, the two most commonly seen by us are plant life and animal life. Apart from these two, more forms of life abound on the earth but are harder to see with the naked eye. This is why the flora and fauna, i.e., plant and wildlife of the earth, are fascinating to observe and study.

For other uses, see Fauna (disambiguation).

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Simplified schematic of an island's fauna – all its animal species, highlighted in boxes

Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora, and for fungi, it is funga. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life 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.
Etymology[edit] Talking about fauna
Fauna comes from the name Fauna, a Roman goddess of earth and fertility, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and panis is the Greek equivalent of fauna. Fauna is also the word for a book that catalogues the animals in such a manner. The term was first used by Carl Linnaeus from Sweden in the title of his 1745^[1] work Fauna Suecica.
Subdivisions on the basis of region[edit]