Fauna of Poland, according to the Polish Museum and Institute of Zoology, numbers about 36,000 species. The most common type of fauna in Poland are arthropods (Arthropoda), and within them, insects (Insecta).
With regards to vertebrate, Polish fauna is represented by:
- ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii) – 129 species
- amphibians (Amphibia) – 18 species
- reptiles (Reptilia) – 9 species
- birds (Aves) – 435 species
- mammals (Mammalia) – 105 species
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—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
“The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man’s thoughts.”
—Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
“It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state.”
—Bronislaw Geremek (b. 1932)