Living on an Isolated Peninsula - Animals
This is one of a series of questions centered around how an isolated group of people would survive. Each question focuses on a single aspect of survival. Details about the peoples' situation are below:
In a novel I am developing, a village's worth of people is living on a peninsula. The isthmus connecting the peninsula to the mainland is very narrow, and spanned by a wall, which prevents the people from leaving (there are deterrents preventing them from climbing the wall or otherwise circumventing it). They also cannot swim around the wall. This also means that no land-based animals can cross onto the peninsual from the mainland. The inhabitants have to live with what they have. For the sake of details, assume the peninusla is roughly the size, shape, and location of Mahia Peninsula.
This question revolves around the fauna on the island. What kind of animals would be present? Obviously there would be fish, and birds would be plentiful. I'm focused mainly on the land-based animals. If they can't get past the wall in any way (including burrowing beneath it), and are trapped on the peninsula just like the people, will they thrive, or slowly die out?
What kinds of animals would you find on this peninsula?
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