Chapter 1 Flashcards
(21 cards)
How many individuals/ organisms have zoologist named?
More than 1.5 million
What % of all living organisms has the figure accounted for
Less than 20%
What % of those organisms that have existed before does it account for
Less than 1%
What is systematics
Systematics is the study of diversity of living things and the evolutionary relationships between them
Who was the first to take interest in taxonomy
Aristotle (300bc)
How many groups does he classify the living things and based on which criteria
14 groups, based on size
Who is John ray
He’s a British naturalist
How many species of organisms was named by carolus von Linnaeus
About 12000 species
When was Linnean system of classification invented
1758
Who proposed binomial system of nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
What is artificial classification based on
Based on easily observed physical characteristics like shape, size
What’s homology
Is the arrangement of animals based on Structural and natural relationships
Natural classification is divided into
2
Which of the natural classification is liable to subjective bias
Phyletic
The most exclusive taxa is
Species
The most inclusive taxa is
Kingdom or domain
What’s the order of man
Primate
What year was the 5 kingdom classification proposed and by who
1969 R H Whittaker
Who coined taxonomy
A P de condle
The basic unit of classification of animals is
Species
Father of taxonomy
Car von linne
