Creature type (Dungeons & Dragons) all animal type monsters are based on real world animals. Creature entries based on mythological, fictional, or nonexistent animals are usually classified as magical beasts (see below). Besides ordinary fish, birds, reptiles and mammals, the animal type is also applied to depictions of dinosaurs, prehistoric animals, and "dire" or specially modified, often larger and scarier, versions of real world animals. Some real world animals are not given the animal type in the game. Examples include arthropods (insects, spiders, etc.) and worms, which the game classifies as "vermin" (see below) and not animals. Mollusks, such as octopuses, are often classified as
Mango Mango Mangoes are juicy stone fruit (drupe) from numerous species of tropical trees belonging to the flowering plant genus "Mangifera", cultivated mostly for their edible fruit. The majority of these species are found in nature as wild mangoes. The genus belongs to the cashew family Anacardiaceae. Mangoes are native to South Asia, from where the "common mango" or "Indian mango", "Mangifera indica", has been distributed worldwide to become one of the most widely cultivated fruits in the tropics. Other "Mangifera" species (e.g. horse mango, "Mangifera foetida") are grown on a more localized basis. It is the national fruit of India,