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Who coined the term "Species"? Carolus Linnaeus or John Ray?


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Species:

  1. It is illustrated as a group of living organisms comprising individuals with identical characters and potentially interbreeding.
  2. It is the principal taxonomic unit.

John Ray :

  1. The term species was coined by John Ray, an English naturalist.
  2. He published his essential works on zoology ,botany and performed some essential classification of plants that forms the basis of modern taxonomy.
  3. He was the first naturalist, who illustrated and produced the biological definition of the term species.
  4. Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy.
  5. The science of describing, naming, and categorizing organisms, which comprises all animals, plants, and microbes of the world is taxonomy.

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