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Who is regarded the father of taxonomy and why ?

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Carolus Linnaeus is regarded the father of taxonomy, he devised a scheme of naming the organisms and gave a plan of classification which is still used with a few additions.
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  3. Who is regarded the father of taxonomy and why ?

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  11. Mark the odd ones in the series.

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  12. Name the major categories used in taxonomy and arrange them in an hier...

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  13. Write down a suitable defmition of a species.

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  14. Explain the terms systematics and hierarchical classification.

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  18. Give Mayr's definition of a species.

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