Fauna of Zamastan
The fauna of Zamastan is all the animals living in Zamastan and its surrounding seas and islands, as well as the Holish Islands territory. Zamastan has many endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. As a nation in north-central Catica, Zamastan shares a great deal of its flora and fauna with other surrounding nations on the same geographical formations.
An estimated 432 species of mammals characterize the fauna of Zamastan. There are more than 800 species of bird and more than 100,000 known species of insects. There are 311 known reptiles, 295 amphibians and 1154 known fish species in Zamastan. Populations of many mammalian species that have become rare in much of the International Democratic Union still flourish in most Administrative Districts. Among animals that can be found in Zamastan are bears, deer, elk, moose, caribou, big-horn sheep, mountain goats, marmots, beavers, muskrats, coyotes, wolves, mustelids (such as wolverines, badgers and fishers), cougars, eagles, ospreys, herons, Canada geese, swans, loons, hawks, owls, ravens, harlequin ducks, and many other sorts of ducks. Smaller birds (robins, jays, grosbeaks, chickadees, and so on) also abound.
Many healthy populations of fish are present, including salmonids such as several species of salmon, trout, char. Besides salmon and trout, sport-fishers in Zamastan also catch halibut, steelhead, bass, and sturgeon. On the coast, harbour seals and river otters are common. Cetacean species native to the coast include the orca, humpback whale, grey whale, harbour porpoise, Dall's porpoise, Olympic white-sided dolphin and minke whale.
Zamastan introduced species include: Providence ring-necked pheasant, Tarin oyster, brown trout, black slug, Zian starling, cowbird, knapweed, bullfrog, purple loosestrife, Scotch broom, Himalayan blackberry, European earwig, tent caterpillar, sowbug, grey squirrel, Asian longhorn beetle, English ivy, fallow deer, thistle, gorse, Norway rat, crested mynah, and Asian or European gypsy moth.
Some endangered species in Zamastan are: Northern Isle marmot, spotted owl, Tarin white pelican, and badgers.