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What is the study of animals called?
What is the study of animals called?
- Herpetology
- Botany
- Zoology (correct)
- Entomology
What is the estimated total number of animal species?
What is the estimated total number of animal species?
- 3.45 million
- 7.77 million (correct)
- 5.67 million
- 1.23 million
What is the name of the first hierarchical classification system established by Linnaeus?
What is the name of the first hierarchical classification system established by Linnaeus?
- Blood presence
- Binomial nomenclature (correct)
- Taxonomy
- 14 phyla
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Zoology
- The study of animals is called Zoology.
- Zoology is a branch of biology that deals with the study of animals, including their structure, behavior, evolution, classification, and distribution.
Animal Species
- The estimated total number of animal species is around 8.7 million.
- However, only about 1.3 million species have been described and named, which means there are many more yet to be discovered.
Classification System
- The first hierarchical classification system was established by Carolus Linnaeus.
- Linnaeus' system, known as Taxonomy, categorizes living organisms into groups based on their shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships.
- The system consists of a hierarchy of ranks, including Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
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