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)