Shumen Plateau Nature Park (excluding mosses). The faunal species reported consist of 350 invertebrates and more than 240 vertebrates. The mammals recorded are: badger ("Meles meles"), beech marten ("Martes foina"), fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), red deer ("Cervus elaphus"), roe deer ("Capreolus capreolus"), wild boar ("Sus scrofa") and soforth. There are also several species of avifauna. The reptile species reported include Aesculapian snake ("Elaphe longissima"), European green lizard ("Lacerta viridis"), Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni"), horned viper ("Vipera ammodytes"), spur-thighed tortoise ("Testudo graeca"), and wall lizard ("Podarcis muralis"). Animals, which are under different protection categories, reported in the park are: black woodpecker ("Dryocopus martius"), Eurasian eagle-owl ("Bubo
European land mammal age European land mammal age The European Land Mammal Mega Zones (abbreviation: ELMMZ, more commonly known as European land mammal ages or ELMA) are zones in rock layers that have a specific assemblage of fossils (biozones) based on occurrences of fossil assemblages of European land mammals. These biozones cover most of the Neogene and Paleogene systems (i.e. rock layers which are 65.5 to 2.588 million years old). In cases when fossils of mammals are abundant, stratigraphers and paleontologists can use these biozones as a more practical regional alternative to the stages of the official ICS geologic timescale. European Land Mammal Mega