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Well, I don't think there's a spelled-out canonical answer, but there are people occasionally going back and forth (eg that 1e AP where you go to WW1 Russia and fight Rasputin), so some of them might have got transferred across that way? Alternatively, the gods do have favourite animals, so maybe they just spread their faves out a bit.
(I reckon the weirdest Golarion-Earth transplant is probably the kangaroos - why are they in Casmaron and Garund? Makes no damn sense)
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It was confirmed that Earth and Golarion exist in the same universe in different galaxies.
Is there any lore that explains why both Earth and Golarion have some similar fauna (blue whale, great white shark, woolly mammoth, tiger, lion, bison, etc).
Because it is fantasy and Paizo wants to use things we are familiar with. Yea, they exist as Paizo probably didn't want to have to make up new but similar creatures.
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It was confirmed that Earth and Golarion exist in the same universe in different galaxies.
Is there any lore that explains why both Earth and Golarion have some similar fauna (blue whale, great white shark, woolly mammoth, tiger, lion, bison, etc).
Because it is fantasy and Paizo wants to use things we are familiar with. Yea, they exist as Paizo probably didn't want to have to make up new but similar creatures.
Nor did Wizards of The Coast, Gygax, Tolkien, etc. Players & readers need a foundation to build the fantastic off of/contrast with.
Check out the thread on evolution (don't recall the name, but I think it's in this sub-forum). Jacobs weighs in that yes, evolution happened in Paizo's universe, but... (mumble, mumble) ...species across the Universe.Whether it's deities, portals, First World ramifications, who knows. Extrapolating any option with rigor would find inconsistencies and cut off narrative options. So pick whatever suits you, Paizo won't adjudicate this until it matters to an AP, which I doubt it ever will.
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Having a planet filled with entirely new creatures and monsters and people that aren't drawn from real-world inspirations (both actual and mythological) is more the realm of science fiction and not fantasy, in my opinion. It also makes the barrier to entry for folks to be increasingly high. The more recognizable things you have (like humans, dogs, great white sharks, dragons, goblins, etc.), the easier it is for someone to engage and the more interesting it makes the things you DO make up for the game.
For example, telling someone "You're being attacked by a tyrannosaurus rex" has a much stronger gut-punch of excitement and fear and wonder than does saying, "You're being attacked by a tyrant tooth" or "You're being attacked by a Dervakodius" or something else that you've renamed the otherwise still a tyrannosaurus monster into in hopes of creating more verisimilitude or brand identity or uniqueness.
People fear shark attacks in a way they will never fear finned feeder attacks.
As for why the same species exist on different planets? That's not something that I think is particularly important to explore or define in a fantasy setting, frankly. Since the gods exist, the easy out here is "They do so because Gozreh said so."
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That's such a Gozreh thing to do.
I would probably also add alghollthu and xiomorns to possible reasons "Earth-fauna" exist on Golarion (and other planets).