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Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

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R.H Whittaker
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Charles Darwin
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None of the above
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The correct option is B Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy as he developed a system known as the Linnaean taxonomy for the categorization of organisms and binomial nomenclature for naming organisms. He classified organisms based on habitat and nutrition.


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