Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, Regnum Animale
(1735)
The Animal Kingdom
is divided into six named Classes, each containing a
number of Orders, which in term comprise a series of Genera
and constituent Species. These
are five (KCOGS) of the standard seven categories of
modern taxonomy, which includes Phyla between
Kingdom and Order, and Families between Order and
Genus (KPCOFGS). Note the inclusion of Sloths (Bradypus)
among the human-like Anthrpomorpha, Opossums (Didelphis)
among Animals (Ferae), and the distinction of odd-toed
from
even-toed ungulates as Jumenta vs Pecora. Note also
the inclusion of the Satyr, Phoenix, and Dragon,
under the Paradoxa, a category that today we would
call incertae sedis.
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