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fauna — English
The association of animals living in a certain place at a certain time. It includes all the animals that form part of an ecosystem at a specific time before the system changes and some animals move out or die out. At that stage, the association of animals in the ecosystem changes. It may include various species ranging from large animals such as elephants or whales to insects and even to microscopic, single celled forms of animal life like zooplankton.
