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Linnaeus Introduces Binomial Nomenclature for Animals

1758
Title page of the 10th edition of Linnaeus's Systema naturae (1758)
Title page of the 10th edition of Linnaeus's Systema naturae (1758)

Carl Linnaeus published the tenth edition of his Systema naturae, in which he introduced binomial nomenclature for animal species. Using this system, Linnaeus named, and therefore classified, virtually all animal species known at this time.

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