Fauna

(That's basically "animals" to you and me)

Start here!

Animals That Definitely Exist

These are animals that definitely are not extinct and whose existence presently are definitely not fictional or speculative. You'll find various types of cats, big and small, some canids of various kinds, really big animals on both land and sea, and a lotta birds. If I think it's cool and it presently is known by science to exist, this is where it goes.

Animals That Could Exist

This includes cryptids along with traditionally mythological animals, since there is often overlap.

Animals That Used to Exist But Almost Definitely Don't Anymore

Here is where you'll find my favorite long-extinct animals (mostly prehistoric), and the more recently-extinct that I angst about. If there's speculation it still exists, it's in cryptids (yo, Tasmanian Tiger!). This includes extinct species of a lot of the same types of animals in the Still Alive category: birds, felines, and canids, but also mammoths show up representing the pachyderms.