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The fauna of Europe is all the animals living in Europe and its surrounding seas and islands. Europe is the western part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic ). Lying within the temperate region, (north of the equator) the wildlife is not as rich as in the hottest regions, but is nevertheless diverse due to the ...
Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular European land and fresh-water animals. It serves as a standard taxonomic source for animal taxonomy within the Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure (PESI). [1] As of June 2020, Fauna Europaea reported that their database contained ...
Golden jackal, Canis aureus LC ( Russia and south-eastern Europe) Grey wolf, Canis lupus LC ( Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Scandinavia and eastern Europe) Corsac fox, Vulpes corsac LC (Along southern Volga and European Kazakhstan) Arctic fox, Vulpes lagopus LC ( Scandinavia and Iceland) Red fox, Vulpes vulpes LC.
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World ( Afro-Eurasia) in the Eastern Hemisphere, in the late 15th ...
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Fauna of Europe by conservation status (1 C) Fauna of Europe by country (51 C) Fauna of Europe by dependent territory (4 C) Fauna of Europe by region (8 C)
The Huns were a nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the 4th and 6th centuries AD. According to European tradition, they were first reported living east of the Volga River, in an area that was part of Scythia at the time. [1] By 370 AD, the Huns had arrived on the Volga, causing the westwards ...
Europe. A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
The fauna of Italy comprises all the animal species inhabiting the territory of the Italian Republic and its surrounding waters. Italy has the highest level of faunal biodiversity in Europe, with over 57,000 species recorded, representing more than a third of all European fauna. [4] This is due to various factors.