what is taxonomic collection?
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Taxonomy, in a broad sense the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms—i.e., biological classification. The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”). Taxonomy is, therefore, the methodology and principles of systematic botany and zoology and sets up arrangements of the kinds of plants and animals in hierarchies of superior and subordinate groups.
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Taxonomy can be defined as the branch of Zoology that deals with the classification of all living organisms that ever walked on this planet. Taxonomy in Greek means – “Taxis” means arranging and “nomos” means law.
A taxonomic collection refers to the collection of specimens that is done by a scientist, so as to conduct a detailed study and identification of the specimen, thus grouping them under the appropriate classification criterion.