Fauna of The Celestial Islands

## Animals

The Celestial Islands, despite being a island nation is abundant in wildlife. Most to all mammals, however, are introduced. The native species are mainly birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians and fish, though some individuals like shrews and turtles are native to the island. Introduced mammals like polecats were made to control shrews and the introduced mice, hedgehog and rat population. The island is the only part of Parania that has no red foxes or red deer. Around 43-56% of the animals on the island are introduced from other countries and/or continents. The animals mainly adapt to the island’s many marshes, bogs, creeks, subtropical woodland, chaparral, deciduous woodland, or urban landscape. Most are urban wildlife.

Blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi)Chameleon (Chamaeleonidae)Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata, introduced)Pesky shrew (Sorex penatorus)Celestial Island shrew (Sorex manosorem)Common shrew (Sorex araneus)Barry's shrew (Sorex socus)Harhar shrew (Sorex harharusa)Moray eel (Muraenidae)Common hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus, introduced)Soldier beetles (Cantharidae)Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)Northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)Sperm whale (P. macrocephalus)Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)Black rat (Rattus rattus, introduced)Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, introduced)European polecat (M. putorius, introduced)Royal spoonbill (Platalea regia, introduced)Glossy ibis (P. falcinellus)Sanderling (Calidris alba)Common rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus, introduced)Brown hare (Lepus europaeus, introduced)Domestic rabbit (O. cuniculus, feral, introduced)Common frog (Rana temporaria)Domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris, introduced)Northern spectacled salamander (Salamandrina perspicillata)SpringtailGreen toad (Bufotes viridis)Locust (Calliptamus italicus)Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus, feral, introduced)Goldfish (C. auratus, feral, introduced)Sturgeon (Acipenseridae, introduced)Green whip snake (Hierophis viridiflavus)House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus, introduced)Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)Common squid (Loligo vulgaris)House mouse (Mus musculus, introduced)Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, introduced)Common fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus)White scavenger vulture (Neophron percnopterus)Common dentex (Dentex dentex)Cranefly (Tipulidae spp, introduced)Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)Celestial Islands freshwater crab (Qabru)Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)Pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmaeus)Little egret (Egretta garzetta)Great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)Southern magpie (Cyanopica cooki)Leopard slug (Limax maximus, introduced)White garden snail (Theba pisana)Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis)Redwood ant (Formica polyctena, introduced)Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis, introduced)Southern wood ant (Formica rufa)Common paper wasp (Polistes dominula)Paranian house gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)Hornet moth (Sesia apiformis)Winter moth (Sesia apiformis)Eyed hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellatus, introduced)Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus, male)Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus, female)Praying mantis (Mantis religiosa)Iris mantis (Iris oratoria)Ghost mantis (Phyllocrania paradoxa, introduced)Ameles decolor (Ameles decolor, introduced)Ameles heldreichi (Ameles heldreichi, reintroduced)Empusa fasciata (Empusa fasciata)Walking flower mantis (Hymenopus coronatus, introduced)House fly (Diptera)Clonopsis gallica (Clonopsis gallica, introduced)Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra, introduced)Marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus, introduced)Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita)Edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)Dwarf frog (Hymenochirus boettgeri, feral, introduced)Long-eared hedgehog (Hemiechinus auritus, introduced)Whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)Lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)Common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca)Red slug (Arion Rufus)Green lizard (Lacerta viridis, introduced)Wild boar (Sus scrofa, introduced)Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus, introduced)Discus fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus, introduced)Betta (Betta splendens, introduced, feral)Green stinkbug (Chinavia hilaris, introduced)Jewel beetle (Chrysina aurigans, introduced)Suckermouth catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus, introduced, feral)Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)Jackdaw (C. monedula)Common hornet (V. crabro)Orb-weaver (Argiope aurantia)Lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius, introduced)Greater bandicoot-rat (B. indica, introduced)Hoopoe (U. epops)Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)Western honeybee (Apis mellifera)Steelblue ladybird (H. chalybeus, introduced)Peacock spider (Maratus volans, introduced)Neptune jumping spider (Evarcha falcata)Garganey (S. querquedula)Bean-goose (S. querquedula, vagrant)Aoudad (Ammotragus lervia, introduced)Cape hare (Lepus capensis, introduced)