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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 209 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FAUNA  , the name, in See also:

Roman See also:mythology, of a See also:country goddess of the See also:fields and See also:cattle, known sometimes as the See also:sister, some-times as the wife of the See also:god See also:Faunus; hence the See also:term is used collectively for all the animals in any given See also:geographical See also:area or See also:geological See also:period, or for an enumeration of the same . It thus corresponds to the term " See also:flora " in respect to plant See also:life .

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