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Which animals are discussed in Books VII through XI of Natural History?
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Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder.
In his encyclopaedic work Natural History, Pliny the Elder devotes Books VII through XI to the study of zoology. Rather than discussing a single category, these volumes cover a broad spectrum of the animal kingdom, organized as follows:
- Book VII: Humans
- Book VIII: Mammals and reptiles
- Book IX: Fishes and other marine animals
- Book X: Birds
- Book XI: Insects
While Pliny drew much of his biological data from Aristotle, he also incorporated various accounts of legendary animals and unsupported folklore into these sections.1