noun (n)

• all the animal life in a particular region or period(noun.group)

  Example:
  The fauna of China.
  

  Synonym:
  zoology
  Antonym:
  botany, flora, vegetation
  

  source: wordnet30
• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement(noun.tops)

  Synonym:
  animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature
  

  source: wordnet30
• The animals of any given area or epoch; as, the fauna of America; fossil fauna; recent fauna.(noun)

  source: webster1913