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This is a list of Animals which appear in the world of John Flanagan. An animal must be explicitly named in the books to appear on this list.

Birds[]

Barn Owl

Barn Owl
Description: The barn owl is a medium-sized, pale-coloured owl with long wings and a short, squarish tail. The face is characteristically heart-shaped and is white in most subspecies.
Known Locations: Araluen[1]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Chickens

Chickens
Description: Chickens are a type of domesticated fowl. Their plumage ranges in shades of brown, white, and black; both males and females have red wattles.
Known Locations: Araluen[2]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Mallard Ducks

Mallard Ducks
Description: Mallards are a type of dabbling duck. Male mallards have a glossy green head and are grey on their wings and belly, while females have mainly brown-speckled plumage.
Known Locations: Araluen[3]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Pigeons

Pigeons
Description: Pigeons are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short, slender bills. They come in a wide variety of colors, ranging from pure white rock doves to colorful fruit doves.
Known Locations: Araluen
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as doves.

Plover

Plovers
Description: Plovers are a type of wading birds, and are characterized by relatively short bills. There are about sixty-six different species of plovers.
Known Locations: Araluen[4]
Notable Examples:
Notes:


Fish[]

Salmon

Salmon
Description: Salmon is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish. Typically, salmon hatch in fresh water, migrate to the ocean, then return to fresh water to reproduce.
Known Locations: Araluen[5]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as a bay salmon, black salmon, caplin-scull salmon, Sebago salmon, silver salmon, fiddler, or outside salmon.

Trout

Trout
Description: Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish. Most trout live in freshwater lakes and rivers exclusively, while some others, can spend two or three years at sea.
Known Locations: Araluen[5]
Notable Examples:
Notes:


Mammals[]

Bovids[]

Goat

Domestic Goats
Description: Goats are stout-bodied herbivores with horns and cloven hooves. Males typically have long fur on their chin known as beards. They come in a wide variety of colors and shapes.
Known Locations: Arrida,[6] Toscana[6]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Sheep

Domestic Sheep
Description: Domestic sheep are quadrupedal, herbivorous mammals. They usually have crimped hair called wool and spiraled horns, though certain breeds may have no horns. Colors range from pure white to dark brown.
Known Locations: Araluen,[7] Arrida,[6] Toscana[6]
Notable Examples:
Notes:


Canids[]

Shadow

Dogs
Description: Dogs are carnivorous animals, although they're able to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids. They can vary widely in shape, size, and color.
Known Locations: Araluen (wild[8] and domestic[9]), Skandia
Notable Examples: Ebony, Kloof, Sable, Shadow
Notes: :Main article: Dogs

Fox

Red Foxes
Description: Red foxes are omnivorous mammals. They have flattened skulls, upright triangular ears, pointed, slightly upturned snouts, and long bushy tails. Despite its name, red foxes range in coloring, including leucistic and melanistic.
Known Locations: Araluen[10]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Wolf

Wolves
Description: Wolves are a type of carnivorous canine. The banded fur of a wolf is usually mottled white, brown, gray, and black.
Known Locations: Araluen[11], Nihon-Ja (mountain region)
Notable Examples: The Wolf
Notes: Also known as common wolves and Middle Russian forest wolves.


Cervids[]

Deer

Deer
Description: Deer are herbivores that have long, powerful legs, a diminutive tail, and long ears. Male deer will grow temporary antlers each spring.
Known Locations: Araluen[3]
Notable Examples:
Notes:


Felids[]

Cougar

Cougars
Description: Cougars are large carnivorous cats. Their coats are typically tawny, but ranges from silvery-grey or reddish with lighter patches on the underbody.
Known Locations: Araluen (Spiny Mountains)[12]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as pumas or mountain lions. Previously believed extinct, though survivors remain

Lynx

Lynxes
Description: Lynx are carnivorous, medium-sized wild cats. Lynx have a short tail, characteristic tufts of black hair on the tips of their ears, large, padded paws for walking on snow and long whiskers on the face.
Known Locations: Araluen[13]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

White Tiger

Tigers
Description: Tigers are large carnivorous wild cats. They are most recognizable for their dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside, though some tigers have white fur.
Known Locations: Nihon-Ja
Notable Examples: Kyofu (The Terror)
Notes:


Equids[]

Horses

Horses
Description: Horses are large, multicolored herbivores that have long legs and hooves. They have a wide variety of coat colors and patterns, as well as body shapes.
Known Locations: Araluen,[14] Arrida, Eastern Steppes, Hibernia, Nihon-Ja
Notable Examples: Abelard, Bumper, Kicker, Tug, Tug II
Notes: :Main article: Horses


Leporids[]

Hare

Hares
Description: Hares are small herbivores. They are similar in size and form to rabbits and have similar diets, but generally have longer ears and live alone or in pairs.
Known Locations: Araluen[12]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Rabbit

Rabbits
Description: Rabbits are small herbivores. They are similar in size and form to hares and have similar diets, but generally have smaller ears and live in social groups.
Known Locations: Araluen[15]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as bunnies.


Mustelids[]

Badger

Badger
Description: Badgers are short-legged omnivores with a squat body, short legs, and elongated heads with small ears. They have black faces with white markings, grey bodies with a light stripe from head to tail, and dark legs with light underbellies.
Known Locations: Araluen[16]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Mink

Minks
Description: The mink has a greatly elongated body with short limbs, a large, broad head, and short ears. Their fur rangs from almost black to reddish brown.
Known Locations: Araluen[10]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Pine Marten

Pine Martens
Description: Pine martens are a type of small carnivorous mammal. Their fur is usually light to dark brown and grows longer and silkier during the winter, while being short and coarse in the summer.
Known Locations: Araluen[10]
Notable Examples:
Notes:

Polecat

Polecats
Description: Polecats are a type of small carnivorous mammal. Their fur is generally dark brown with a pale underbelly and a dark mask. It is well known for secreting a foul-smelling liquid to mark its territory.
Known Locations: Araluen[17]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as common ferrets, black or forest polecats, or fitches.

Stoat

Stoats
Description: Stoats are small carnivorous mammals. Their fur is sandy-brown on the back and head with a white belly; some stoats adopt a completely white coat during the winter.
Known Locations: Araluen[18]
Notable Examples:
Notes:


Suids[]

Pigs

Domestic Pigs
Description: Domestic pigs are a type of large, omnivorous pig. They have large heads, long snouts, and a bristled sparse hair. Males grow large, sharp tusks, which are typically trimmed or removed to prevent injury.
Known Locations: Skandia[19]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as swines and hogs.

Boars

Wild Boars
Description: Wild boars are large, bristly haired, grizzled, possess sharp tusks, and black to brown in color. Except for old males, which are solitary, wild boars live in groups. They are swift, nocturnal, and omnivorous.
Known Locations: Araluen[20]
Notable Examples:
Notes: Also known as wild swine, Eurasian wild pigs, and wild pigs.


Ursids[]

Brown Bear

Brown Bears
Description: Brown Bears are large carnivorous mammals. They have brown fur, ranging from yellow-brownish to dark brown, red-brown, and almost black in some cases; albinism has also been recorded.
Known Locations: Araluen[21], Sonderland, The Western Continent
Notable Examples: The Bear
Notes: Also known as European brown bears, common brown bears, and common bears.


References[]

  1. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 1 - "There was a rustle of soft feathers and a barn owl landed on the next branch, its head swiveling, its huge eyes catching every last ray of the faint light."
  2. The Beast from Another Time, chapter 3
  3. 3.0 3.1 The Beast from Another Time, chapter 5
  4. The Tournament at Gorlan, chapter 9
  5. 5.0 5.1 The Tournament at Gorlan, chapter 23
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, chapter 1
  7. The Beast from Another Time, chapter 1
  8. The Beast from Another Time, chapter 8
  9. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 19 - "The dogs plunged against their restraining leashes, setting the echoes awake in the forest with their excited baying."
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 A New Beginning, chapter 27
  11. The Wolf, chapter 1
  12. 12.0 12.1 The Beast from Another Time, chapter 7
  13. The Wolf, chapter 1
  14. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 12 - "Will looked and saw two small horses trotting across the yard to greet the old man."
  15. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 17 - "'Look at how deep those rabbit tracks are.'"
  16. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 28 - "There, a badger prowled, hunting its prey like a gray shadow in the undergrowth of the forest."
  17. The Beast from Another Time, chapter 8
  18. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 17 - "'A stoat,' he agreed. 'But you should have known there was something else there, Will.'"
  19. The Outcasts, chapter 28
  20. The Ruins of Gorlan, chapter 17 - "'Wild boar,' said Halt briefly. 'And a big one.'"
  21. The Tournament at Gorlan, chapter 10
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