| Every organism on earth must get a unique name so that it can not be confused with some other organism. These names are in Latin or Greek, languages which are no longer spoken. Creatures are grouped by what they look like: sharks by sharks and whales by whales. This is not done in a willy-nilly way. Everyone has to agree on how it is done. |
History |
Some of the world history of scientific nomenclature and the systematic classification of organisms | |
NZ naturalists |
Important discoverers and naturalists of New Zealand | |
Main groupings |
The main groupings of the systematic classification | |
Nomenclature |
Rules for naming organisms | |
Further reading |
Books and references |
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Tulloch, Sara (ed). 1993. Reader's Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder.
Reader's Digest Assoc London.
Woods, Robert S. 1966. An English-classical
Dictionary for the use of Taxonomists. Pomona College.
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