Systema Naturae
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Systema Naturae is one of the major works of Swedish botanist, zoologist, and physician Carl Linnaeus and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomenclature, was
Title page of the 1758 edition of Linnaeus's Systema Naturæ
Key to the Sexual System from the 10th (1758) edition of Systema Naturæ
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The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In i
Systema Naturae
…Divided Into their Several Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, and Varieties, with their Habitations, Manners, Economy, Structure and Peculiarities". The tenth edition of this book (1758), published in Stockholm, is considered the starting point of zoological nomenclature. In 1766–1768 Linnaeus published the much enhanced 12th…
Carl Linnaeus, oil painting by Alexander Roslin in 1775.
The Barbary macaque was included in the 10th edition as Simia sylvanus.
The snowy owl was included in the 10th edition as Strix scandiaca.