Fauna Of Shade

Fauna of Shade is an incomplete list of animals from Shade. For reasons of space, these notes will mainly list the differences from generic animals.

For convenience, Shade's five sapient species are listed on a separate page. This is not to imply that they are deficient or otherwise unworthy of being considered animals.

Bear

Resemble generic bears. Domesticated in some regions for meat.

Bird

Many species, a few domesticated as pets or for hunting. Resemble generic birds except in some features of reproduction. Include, for example, small birds (mainly seed-, fruit- and insect-eaters), owls, carnivorous hunting birds and corvids. One bird notable for its place in popular mythology is the suicide bird, which supposedly kills itself.

Cat

One elusive small wildcat species in Terrimoire. Two or three larger wild (medium or big) cats elsewhere. Fossil record shows one or two extinct elsewhere. None domesticated.

Dabsoof

Mostly herbivorous mammal resembling small dark red bear with white markings. Independently domesticated in several regions. Possesses opposable 'thumb' developed from modified wristbone. Notable breeding colony kept in Montuone parliamentary building.

Dog

Generic domestic dogs and many wild species (inc wolf and fox, see their entries). Other notable wild types are the timodogs of Terrimoire.

Dolset

Elusive carnivorous or omnivorous mammal of northern Terrimoire.

Dragon

Look, how many times? They don't exist!

Fox

Resemble generic foxes except for relationship with wolves.

Horse

Two species: one (West Horse) megafaunus resembling heavy, muscular version of generic horse; one (East Horse) smaller, horned and deerlike.

Quadrille

Family of large sea predators resembling pliosaurs. [1] Shade's top marine predators. (The planet lacks large marine mannals such as cetaceans.)

Tricorn

Equatorial reptile.

Unicorn

Temperate (or worldwide) rodentlike species.

Wolf

Generic wolves except for relationship with foxes.