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what is the difference between flora and fauna?

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Flora

The plant species found in a particular area is called  flora.

Fauna

The animal species found in a particular area is called fauna.

An endemic species is one whose habitat is restricted to a particular area. The term could refer to an animal, a plant, a fungus, or even a microorganism. The definition differs from indigenous, or native, species in that the latter, although it occurs naturally in an area, is also found in other areas. Endemic species are often endangered, and particular examples may become a focus point for campaigns to protectbiodiversityin a given environment. Some have become national, or regional, emblems.

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 The term flora comes from Latin language Flora, the goddess of flowers in Roman mythology
In botany, flora (plural: floras or florae) has two meanings. The first meaning, flora of an area or of time period, refers to all plant life occurring in an area or time period, especially the naturally occurring or indigenous plant life. The second meaning refers to a book or other work which describes the plant species occurring in an area or time period, with the aim of allowing identification.
Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time
oologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna".

Paleontologists sometimes refer to a sequence of faunal stages, which is a series of rocks all containing similar fossils.The name comes from Fauna, a Roman fertility and earth goddess, the Roman god Faunus, and the related forest spirits called Fauns. All three words are cognates of the name of the Greek god Pan, and panis is the Greek equivalent of fauna. Fauna is also the word for a book that catalogues the animals in such a manner.

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flora refer to plant of perticular area fauna are animal of perticular area

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The term flora is often used to cover all plants, fungi and algae in a given environment, whilefauna refers to the animals that live there. The scientific definition of flora and fauna is the plants and animals that live in a particular area or time. The difference in flora and fauna stems from whether plants or animals are being discussed.

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i short: flora- plant kingdom & fauna -animal kingdom

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flora is a name for plants throughout the worls whereas fauna is the name for animals throughout the world

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