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• n  all the animal life in a particular region or period
  the fauna of China
• n  a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

• The fauna in North Sikkim comes out in teeming numbers during the night.
• Eight Sea Scouts from Chicago constitute part of the crew of the John Borden-Field Museum expedition, now collecting fauna in Arctic regions.
• Other fauna finds include a legless amphibian near Goa, India; 11 new species of plants and animals in central Vietnam's tropical "green" corridor; a new monkey in Uganda; a sucker .

• zoology
• animal
• animate being
• beast
• brute
• creature

• flora

News & Articles

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• Beautiful Pics Of Trash, Inspired By Botanical Drawings
  Barry Rosenthal’s series of jewel-toned garbage collections sheds new light on litter. Before photography and the Internet, developments in botany depended heavily on artists, rather than on foragers and scientists. Painters would create painstakingly technical illustrations of flora and fauna found in the wild, to be housed in botanical libraries for study. Today, a more modern look at nature ...
  June 13, 2013 - Fast Company Magazine
• Revitalized habitat
  ROCKPORT -- The newly renovated Millbrook Meadow Dam will bring benefits for the town's flora and fauna, in addition to helping residents. Rockport Middle School eighth grade science teacher Carolyn McWilliams said last week that the new Millbrook Me
  June 12, 2013 - Gloucester Daily Times
• India Circus Unveils A New Collection of Pillows, Throws & Home Décor Products
  A variety of beautiful themes and vibrant colours can be seen on India Circus’ latest Pillows & Throws which come in rich fabrics. The Mughal era, magnificent monuments, the wealth of India’s flora and fauna, and a variety of ethnic designs as well as geometrical patterns are imprinted on the pillows and are available on their online store http://www.indiacircus.com (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read ...
  June 12, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Peter Garrett in AFP
  The risks associated with allowing this cross-bred cat into the country, when we already have up to 12 million feral cats wreaking havoc on native fauna, are simply too great,Environment Minister Peter Garrett said. "That is why I have...
• Fakhruddin Ahmed in Reuters
  In the backdrop of Sidr, we need to mobilise resources not only for a major forestation programme in the coastal belts, but also to restore the flora and fauna of the Sundarbans,Fakhruddin said.
• Lito Atienza in Manila Times
  We have long taken great pride in our wealth of flora and fauna. We have more than 14,000 species of plants. Of these, 9,000 are flowering,Atienza said.