Creatures of Kyralia

Australian author Trudi Canavan is known for renaming real-life creatures as well as inventing ones similar but not identical to existing ones. Below is a list of common creatures in Canavan's popular fantasy world, Kyralia.

*aga moth: pest that eat clothing
*anyi: sea mammal with small spines
*ceryni: small rat-like rodent (corresponds approximately to mouse)
*enka: horned domestic animal, bred for meat (corresponds approximately to cattle)
*eyoma: sea leech
*faren: general term for arachnids
*gorin: large domestic animal used for food and to haul boats and wagons (corresponds approximately to donkey)
*harrel: small domestic animal bred for meat (corresponds approximately to rabbit)
*inava: insect believed to bestow good luck
*limek: wild predatory dog (corresponds approximately to wolf)
*mullook: wild nocturnal bird (corresponds approximately to owl)
*rassook: domestic bird used for meat and feathers (corresponds approximately to chicken)
*ravi: rodent, larger than ceryni (corresponds approximately to rat)
*reber: domestic animal, bred for wool and meat (corresponds approximately to sheep)
*sapfly: woodland insect
*sevli: poisonous lizard
*squimp: squirrel-like creature that steals food
*yeel: small domesticated breed of Limek used for tracking (corresponds approximately to dog)
*zill: small, intelligent mammal sometimes kept as a pet (corresponds approximately to cat)
 
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