Fauna Svecica

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]

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This was the first full account of the animals in Sweden. 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]

Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, 1761, is currently under translation to English.[3]

References
  1. Digital copy of Fauna Svecica.
  2. Linné, Carl von (1761). "Fauna svecica : sistens animalia sveciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes, distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum". Sumtu & Literis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
  3. Jönsson, Ann-Mari (2018). ”Företalet till Linnés Fauna Suecica (1761)”. Svenska Linnésällskapets årsskrift 2018: p. 55-74.
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