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Fauna Svecica
1746 volume of animals in Sweden by Carl Linnaeus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fauna Svecica ("Fauna of Sweden", ed. 1, Stockholm, 1746; ed. 2 Stockholm, 1761) was written by Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist and naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778).[1] This was the first full account of the animals in Sweden.[2]

Full title
The full title of the publication was Fauna Svecica: sistens animalia Sveciæ regni: qvadrupedia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes, distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species. Cum differentiis specierum, synonymis autorum, nominibus incolarum, locis habitationum, descriptionibus insectorum.[2]
English translation
Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, 1761, is currently under translation to English.[3]
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