Megafauna

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas 'large' and Neo-Latin fauna 'animal life') are large animals.

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Image: Daniel Cluzeau, Université de Rennes Crédits photographiques Bactéries : J.A. Sullivan Champignons : C.Chenu & C.Jacquot – INRA, Paris Protozaires : Laurent PALKA MNHN Paris Nématodes : Thierry Mateille – IRD Montpellier Acariens gamasides : Sabine Dourlot – Université de Rennes 1 Collembolles Lepidocyrtus cyaneus : M.Blaise Enchytréides : http://www.gardensafari.net/pics/slakken/enchytreaus_albidus_hsx_0537.jpg Coléoptère bousier : Claude Dopagne Myriapodes Geophyllus sp. : Jacques Pages (aelmh.free.fr/images/GeophyllusDSCN4607_MRW.jpg) Crustacé, cloporte, Philoscia muscorum : M.Ponsot Vers de terre : Daniel Cluzeau – EcoBio Université de Rennes 1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.