Fauna (animal) species template

This is the template for fauna/animal species. To copy and paste, go to edit/view source, and copy and paste everything below.
[SPECIES NAME] is a [CONTINENT NAME DEMONYM] [CARNIVOUROUS, HERBIVOROUS, OMNIVOROUS, INSECTIVOROUS, PISCIVOROUS] [MAMMAL, REPTILE, FISH, ETC.]. [OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS GENERAL FOR THE SPECIES, LIKE ITS GENUS OR FAMILY, HOW THEY GENERALLY INTERACT, ITS SPECIFIC LOCATION ON THE CONTINENT, SUCH AS AN ISLAND, ANYTHING ELSE YOU FIND FITTING]
== Etymology ==
[THIS IS BASICALLY THE EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF ITS NAME, AND ITS ORIGINS. THIS CAN INCLUDE WHAT LOCAL TRIBES REFER TO IT AS, AND WHY IT WAS NAMED WHAT IT WAS NAMED, ETC.]
== Taxonomy and Evolution ==
[YOU BASICALLY EXPLAIN WHAT ITS KINGDOM, PHYLUM, CLASS, ORDER, AND ESPECIALLY FAMILY AND SPECIES. SUBSPECIES MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED]
[HERE YOU BASICALLY EXPLAIN ITS EVOLUTION AND ITS ANCESTORS WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO THE CREATION OF THE SPECIES]
== Biology & Ecology ==
=== Physical Characteristics ===
[YOU PUT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT THE SPECIES HAS. USUALLY, YOU WANT TO INCLUDE SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT NO OTHER SPECIES HAS, AND MAKE SURE TO EXPLAIN THOSE. EXPLAIN WHAT THEY'RE USED FOR AND WHY THEY EXIST]
=== Behavior ===
[YOU PUT BEHAVIOR THAT THE ANIMAL EXHIBITS. THIS CAN INCLUDE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN EACH OTHER, ITS OFFSPRING, ETC.]
=== Reproduction & Life Cycle ===
[HERE YOU PUT WHAT MOTHERS DO TO PREPARE FOR GESTATION/BIRTH, HOW LONG THE GESTATION PERIOD IS, ETC.]
[HERE YOU PUT THEIR LIFE CYCLE AND HOW THEY LIVE AND HOW LONG THEY LIVE FOR, ETC.]
=== (Hunting if carnivourous) & Diet ===
[HERE YOU PUT HOW THEY HUNT (IF THE ANIMAL IS CARNIVOUROUS), THEIR DIET, ETC.]
=== Habitat ===
[HERE YOU PUT THE HABITAT THAT THEY LIVE IN]
[HERE YOU PUT HOW THEY INTERACT WITH THEIR HABITAT, LIKE HOW THEY MAKE HOMES IN IT, ETC.]
=== Predation & Competition ===
[HERE YOU PUT THE PREDATORS AND THREATS OF THE SPECIES. THIS CAN BE AN ANIMAL, DISEASE, DISORDER, ETC.]
[HERE YOU PUT COMPETITION THE SPECIES HAS WITH OTHER SPECIES, LIKE FIGHTING FOR FOOD OR HABITAT SPACE]
== Conservation Status ==
=== Threats ===
[HERE YOU PUT THREATS THE SPECIES HAS AGAINST ITS EXISTENCE. THIS CAN INCLUDE POACHING, INVASIVE SPECIES, ETC.]
=== Distribution & Population ===
[HERE YOU PUT HOW THE POPULATION IS DISTRIBUTED, AS WELL AS HOW BIG THE POPULATION NUMBERS ARE, ETC.]