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What is the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics called?
Taxonomy
What is the singular form of the word 'taxa'?
Taxon
Which scientist is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?
Carl Linnaeus
What is the principal rank used in modern taxonomy that is sometimes replaced by 'division' in botany?
Phylum
What did Carl Linnaeus develop for categorizing organisms and naming them?
Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature
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