The phrase "animal inhabitants" refers to the living creatures that reside or live in a particular place, like animals that inhabit a forest, ocean, or any specific environment. Full definition
Strung with string, hung with wire, floating, framed, and placed with careful intention, these forms and objects are suspended in the air, on the wall, or on the floor, suggesting the diverse constellation of animal inhabitants of sea and land, and the natural environments (above or below the water) where these creatures live. (dailyserving.com)
Donihue et al.'s research uniquely demonstrates that the effects of glades cascade to a far broader swath of the savanna's plant and animal inhabitants. (sciencedaily.com)
When Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Islands, he noted that many of its animal inhabitants were so unafraid of people that «a gun is here almost superfluous». (scientificamerican.com)