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2 days ago · Carl Linnaeus [a] (23 May 1707 [note 1] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [3] [b] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy ". [4] Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is ...
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1 day ago · The scientific name Felis catus was proposed by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 for a domestic cat. [1] [2] Felis catus domesticus was proposed by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777. [3] Felis daemon proposed by Konstantin Satunin in 1904 was a black cat from the Transcaucasus , later identified as a domestic cat.
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Apr 4, 2024 · Names Matter. The cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine is high, whether calculated in terms of the loss of human life, cultural heritage, or landscape. In the face of all that is being destroyed, this project will help preserve the history of the natural world of Ukraine, starting with some of the most fragile elements of the ecosystem:
Apr 13, 2024 · In 1983, archeologists unearthed a jawbone on the island of Cyprus that suggested that cats lived in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East at least 8,000 years ago. After an older site was ...
4 days ago · The leopard is a slender and muscular cat, with relatively short limbs and a broad head. It is sexually dimorphic with males larger and heavier than females. [64] Males stand 60–70 cm (24–28 in) at the shoulder, while females are 57–64 cm (22–25 in) tall.
Apr 23, 2024 · In the early 1700s a young Swede, Carl Linnaeus, was trying to find his position in European society. Being the son of a preacher placed him in the middle to upper middle class, a status he desperately wanted to keep and improve upon. His only real passion was natural history, but that provided little or no income.
2 days ago · The basis for our current system of classification was later cemented in the 18th century by the work of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. He divided life into the same two groups: vegetables, which we now call “plants,” and animals. Linnaeus called these groups “kingdoms.”. In Linnaeus’s system, a third kingdom, called “Minerals ...
