Who is the father of modern taxonomy?

Ernst Haeckel

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Robert Whittaker

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Carl Linnaeus

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Solution

The correct option is C
Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus is the father of modern taxonomy. He suggested the taxonomic hierarchy and the binomial system of nomenclature.

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