[Bears Armed]

As for porcupines living in Laeral, I was thinking the 'ground porcupine', such as the Malayan Porcupine.

You're planning to do bird species as well? As far as birds living in Laeral, I've been thinking cranes, herons, some geese and swans, some owls, pigeons, grouse and pheasants (making up a major food source in Laeral, especially due to the lack of arable land) and maybe some species of birds of prey (falcons and the like).

I'd say yes for sturgeon, but some species in Laeral are endangered due to overfishing. The same is true with paddlefish.

Noted re the Porcupine. it will probably be Malabra's species, which is closely related to the RL 'Great Crested Procupine' (Hystrix indica) of southern Asia & the Middle East: Okay?

I plan to define the birds present down to at least the 'family' level, and eventually in more detail for the larger or more "important" ones as well. All of the basic types that you mention are certainly ones that I'd expect to see there... and in the pheasant/partridge/grouse group I expect that you'd also have Snowcock.
Presumably the locals keep domesticated geese, as well as hunting the wild ones? If so, then their stock might come either from the local equivalent of the Greylag Goose (source of most RL domesticated goose varieties) or from the ?Swan Goose? (source of the RL ?Chinese [domesticated] Goose?)?
Two more avian suggestions: (1) A species of colourful duck similar to the RL ?Mandarin Duck?.
(2) A species of small bird, similar & related to the RL ?Snow Bunting?, which migrates seasonally across the region. This ?Granveo Snowfinch? was written-up by Antrium?s player, so I think that keeping it around would be a nice touch: I?ll try to find the old details.

Noted re the Sturgeon & Paddlesfish. My vision of the region?s fauna includes several other groups from that stock, which don?t also occur in RL, and I?ll put together a post about those fairly soon.

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Legionas: Most of this applies to your nation as well, although some forms (such as the porcupine, and the paddlefish) might not be found naturally that far north. Also, in the coldest section of your lands ? the bit that was formerly the north-eastern corner of Keeslandia ? there could plausibly be a few herds of Reindeer (Caribou) if you?re interested?