Animals

The Dragaeran continent is home to a diverse selection of wildlife: kethna, lyorn, boar, deer, brownstag, mountain goats, antelope, norska, darr, jhegaala, iorich, vallista, snakes (including yendi, greensnakes, yellowsnakes, tree-vipers, anklesnakes, worm-snakes, and hangersnakes), lizards (including toe-lizards), turtles, chreotha, dogs, wolves, foxes, bears (including sjo-bears), badgers, wolverines, hyena, tsalmoth, dzur , tiassa , grey wildcats, dayocats, mock-men, teckla, squirrels, chipmunks, rats, bats, various hawks (including falcons, goshawks, and thorn-hawks), jhereg (normal and giant), dragons, issola, phoenix, curkings, geese, ducks, grayswans, pheasants, partridges, quail, peacocks, game hens, difowl, skirda, stunted lichbirds, follow-mes, ravens, crows, blue jays, owls (including athyra, musk owls, and creekowls), ratbirds, daythieves, titterbirds, wrens, clackbirds, brightbirds, copperdoves, whitebacks, redbirds, sparrows, hobirds, blackbirds, felua, wild bees, butterflies, moths, rollbugs, crickets, buzzbirches, cicadas, spiders, worms, clidogs, chickerings, fleas, Bur-worms, and various bird and invertebrate species which are yet unnamed.

Domesticated species kept as livestock, working animals, and/or pets are likewise diverse, and include goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, winneasaurus, dogs (including bloodhounds, redhounds, and kuvasz), cats, kethna, norska, chickens, geese, swans, ducks, pigeons, doves, greeterbirds, and small fishes. Known varieties of livestock include Amro and Fasbot bulls, the flatfoot sheep, and the Megaslop, Browncap, Longear, Cramerie, Egyeslab, Tancoslabu, Nemeslelklu, and (in Fenario) the lovassag, munkas, and repulo breeds of horse. The ready availability of honey and wax, and the frequent use of silk in the garments of the well-off, imply that honeybees and silkworms are likewise farmed. Notably absent from Dragaera is the mosquito; these are unknown to the world and its inhabitants.

The rivers, lakes, and offshore waters of the region harbor many forms of aquatic wildlife, including trout, pinkfish, longfish, bowfins, fatfish, suckerfish, pike, whistlefish, swordfish, slipper fish, herring, bluefish, cryingfish, muskellunge, jackfish, kalpa, whitefish, salmon, drafish, flatfish, redfin, sturgeons, whittelfish, bloodfish, sharks, terrapins, frogs, newts, clams (including sweetclams), oysters (including wirev oysters), scallops, cockles, squid, snails (including suckersnails and sandsnails), lobster, prawns, shrimp (including sneershrimp), sponges, seagulls (including nightgulls), sea-snakes, sea turtles, sea-otters, porpoises, dolphins, and orca. Many more unspecified fishes, shellfishes, and undescribed varieties of seafood (e.g. creepers, darkshells) also abound, and both reefs and coral are mentioned, implying a variety of reef-associated invertebrate life. Sea-serpents and mermaids have also been mentioned, but may or may not be mythical.

Beyond Dragaera's shores, Greenaere is home to cattle, norska, jhereg, nyth, and various birds. Orca are plentiful in the surrounding waters. On Elde Island, horses, donkeys, and goats are definitely present, and butter is readily available, suggesting cattle as well. Longfish abound in Elde's river, clams on its shores, and pearl-bearing bivalves are harvested.

Some of the continent's native species were genetically "mixed" with Dragaerans by the Jenoine and developed into Dragaerans with physical and personal characteristics reminiscent of their ancestors.