Fauna Japonica
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Fauna Japonica is a landmark 19th-century zoological work that systematically documented and illustrated the animal species of Japan for a European scientific audience.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fauna Japonica canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
19th-century book
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scientific publication ⓘ zoological work ⓘ |
| audienceRegion | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | introduction of Japanese species to European taxonomy ⓘ |
| countryOfFocus | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentationScope |
invertebrates of Japan
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vertebrates of Japan ⓘ |
| documentationType |
morphological descriptions
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species descriptions ⓘ species plates ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Japanese archipelago ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
natural history
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scientific monograph series ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Fauna Japonica: Aves
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Fauna Japonica: Chelonia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Crustacea NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Insecta NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Mammalia NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Mollusca NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Pisces NERFINISHED ⓘ Fauna Japonica: Reptilia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDocumented | Edo period Japan ⓘ |
| illustrationStyle | hand-colored plates ⓘ |
| impact | foundation for later studies of Japanese zoology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | European scientists ⓘ |
| language |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Japanese fauna
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zoology ⓘ |
| medium | printed book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed zoological illustrations
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early Western survey of Japanese fauna ⓘ systematic documentation of Japanese animal species ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| publisher | Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden) publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to catalog Japanese animal species for European science ⓘ |
| referenceWorkFor | taxonomy of Japanese animals ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
systematics
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taxonomy ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfCreation | first half of the 19th century ⓘ |
| title | Fauna Japonica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
historical biogeography of East Asia
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nomenclatural studies of Japanese species ⓘ |
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