In this article we will discuss about zoological nomenclature and zoological classification of animals. Zoological Nomenclature: Names are given to all animals. The name of a particular animal differs in different languages. Even within the same country one animal is known in different names in different regions. To avoid this intricacy of names, it was proposed to give them a [...]
In this article we will discuss about the artificial and natural classification of animals. Artificial Classification of Animals: When a classification is constructed on the basis of a few external characters, even a single arbitrarily chosen character and without their relationships, called artificial type of classification. The early taxonomists followed artificial type of classification up to 18th century, e.g., Aristotle [...]
In this article we will discuss about the need and modern trend of classification of animals. Need for Classification of Animals: Animals bother neither about their position in the animal kingdom nor they care for any ornamental name. Why then classification and naming are considered to be so important? Surely it is not to bewilder the beginners of Biology with [...]