Fauna of Bilva

## Northeastern Bilva

Northeastern Bilva is consisted of a mix of hardwood deciduous forest, lush rivers, lush valleys, and large, mounds of alpine mountains that teem with coniferous woodland. This large range of habitats calls in a large range of animals, including feral sheep, wild llamas and alpacas, culpeos, foxes, bears, deer, and eight caprines that are all ordered to share this beautiful habitat in order to live.

* Chamois
* Mountain goat
* Bighorn sheep
* Goral
* Tahr
* Serow
* Southern musk-ox **E**
* Golden jackal
* Culpeo
* Red fox
* Brown bear
* Giant mole
* Paredadera
* Amadarilya
* Llama
* Alpaca
* Domestic sheep

## Northern Bilva

With Barrera located at their intersection, northern and southern Bilva are significantly different from one another. With frequent rains, layers of fog, and a mild maritime climate, northern Bilva is covered in fog and mist. There are typically many low hills and plains with a variety of mosses, big trees, and big stones that collide along the coldwater ocean in the westernmost parts of northern Bilva. The fauna of the northern half of Bilva does not significantly differ from that of the southern half, with leopards, roadrunners, rattlesnakes, and, originally, fennec foxes still making their homes there. This is despite the fact that the northern half has a cooler environment and a climate that is more similar to that of the Isle of Chark than the rest of Bilva.

### Fauna

Fauna slowly begins to change in northern Bilva, but not significantly. Southern visitors may recognize the large number of soaring Eurasian griffons (*Gyps fulvus*), white scavenger vultures (*Neophron percnopterus*), and black vultures (*Coragyps atratus*); but may be shocked at the very healthy (and slowly invasive) populations of common ravens (*Corvus corax*) which thrive largely due to the area's large trees and brushy areas. The dewy, moist, misty, cool, rainy, rich and emerald-green low hills teeming with moss and long grass just calls for perfect habitat for the paredadera (*Mus parededera*), the Bilvan house mouse which yet calls again more eager wildlife, specifically the red fox (*Vulpes vulpes*), culpeo (*Lycalopex culpaeus*), and, very rarely, the fennec fox (*Vulpes zerda*); originally, the Bilvan leopard (*Panthera pardus parania*) would have been added to the list of predators, but they have since been confined to more southern regions.

* Rock pigeon (*Columba livia*)
* Eurasian griffon (*Gyps fulvus*)
* White scavenger vulture (*Neophron percnopterus*)
* Black vulture (*Coragyps atratus*)
* Paredadera (*Mus parededera*)
* Wild bull (*Bos taurus*)
* Red fox (*Vulpes vulpes*)
* Common raven (*Corvus corax*)
* Greater roadrunner (*Geococcyx californianus*)
* Gray wolf (*Canis lupus*)
* Amadarilya (*Hemicentetes semispinosus*)
* Western rattlesnake (*Crotalus oreganus*)
* Bilvan leopard (*Panthera pardus parania*) **E**
* Fennec fox (*Vulpes zerda*) **E**

### Flora

Over 1,100 species of moss are found in Parania and about 450 of them are found in northern Bilva which is a slight difference from the number of mosses found south of Barrera at 347. Mosses play a significant role in the intense emerald-green cliffs and low hills of northern Bilva and add to the beauty of the, sometimes, over 10-centuries old trees that thrive in the area. About 45 species of fern blanket the forest floor and plains of northern Bilva, and well over 100 species of trees call northern Bilva home, most broadleaf with beautiful fall colors.