history of animal classifacation
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The history of the animal classification system can be traced back to the 18th century. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, established taxonomy, the science of identifying, classifying, and naming all the organisms.
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When we go to a bookstore, we see thousands of books neatly arranged first by subjects
(such as novels, memoirs, comics, and history) and then by the alphabetical order of authors'
last names. Since all the books are put away in a methodical order, it is easy for us to look up
a book that we are interested in.
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Scientists use a similar approach to categorize all the animals that have ever lived on
Earth. By observing each animal's anatomy and behaviors, scientists are able to identify
animals of comparable traits and group them together. From there, scientists make further
distinctions among animals of a given group and break the group into many smaller groups.
Scientists continue this process until they can dissect the group no more.
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If we are to draw out a diagram to demonstrate scientists' methodology, we will construct
a multi-level classification system. The rule of the thumb is this: the higher a level is in the
animal classification scheme, the more animals it has. Let's look at the table below to see
how many levels the animal classification system has and how scientists classify giraffes.