Who was known as the Father of Taxonomy?

Aristotle

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Ernest Haeckel

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James Burrow

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Carolus Linnaeus

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The correct option is D Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who invented the system of binomial nomenclature. In this system, every kind of animal and plant is given a name consisting of two Latin words, for its genus and species. This became used by biologists all over the world, and he is known as the "father of modern taxonomy"

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