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Who is regarded as the 'father of taxonomy'?

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John Ray
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Carolus Linnaeus
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A.P. de Candolle
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Charles Darwin
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The correct option is D Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus, who gave a classification of organisms, called the 'father of taxonomy'. He classified the organism on the basis of similarities and dissimilarities. Taxonomy deals with the study of system of naming and classifying the organism into definite group.

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