The classes are for the genera, the genera for the species, the species for the individuals.
— Carl Linnaeus Early Modern

Biological taxonomy

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Explaining the hierarchical structure of his classification system.

Date / Period

c. 1750s

Category

Shocking

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Unverifiable

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