Who is the father of taxonomy?

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Carolus Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy (the system of classifying and naming organisms). One of his contributions was the development of a hierarchical system of classification of nature. Today, this systemincludes eight taxa: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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