11-07-2017, 06:27 PM
Laeral Wrote:In Laeral, only the Riverlands region is especially fertile, so it has historically been home to most of Laeral's agriculture. Most of the rest of Laeral has had small-scale agriculture, but there have always been undeveloped areas even outside of the mountains. Many areas were unsuitable for agriculture but hunters still hunted in them. As such, I'll note that there are still deer. What is the endemic species of deer that Bears Armed has?The endemic species equivalent to [RL] Pere David's Deer, I'm just calling 'Marsh Deer'. Its genus would be Elaphurus, as for the RL species: For its specific designation, I still need to consult somebody who's better at Latin. (Fortunately, some of the people who operate the 'Latin Mottos' thread in the main forum's Gameplay section are willing to help with Latin taxonomy enquiries too...)
Wild cattle are extinct in Laeral.
By leopard, do you mean Snow Leopard or do you mean a species of spotted leopard such as the North-Chinese leopard or Indochinese leopard?
I'll note that there are wolves, bear, and spotted deer.
What do you think about Laeral having the following species: wildcat/Chinese mountain cat, mongoose, marmot, porcupine, hares, and cranes? I don't know much about marine life, but the above species are all animals I think of as living in Laeral.
By leopard, I mean actual "spotted leopard" (as you call it here), Panthera pardus, but the western mountains would probably have the IDU's endemic 'Snow-Cat' -- which is very similar to the RL Snow Leopard in both appearance and ecology, but more closely related to the Puma instead -- as well.
Wildcat or Chinese Mountain Cat or something very similar, certainly.
Mongoose if you really want, as 2 species in RL do range into southern China, but I'd expect members of the Weasel family to be more significant here.
Marmot, certainly.
Porcupine, do you mean a 'ground' porcupine as in RL Asia, or a 'tree' porcupine as in RL America: either or both would be fine, although the 'ground' species probably would be limited to the southern end of your territories.
Crane, I was actually going to suggest when we got as far as birds, so of course that's okay.
Sturgeon? Paddlefish?

