Principles of animal taxonomy George Gaylord Simpson
Publisher: Columbia University Press

The choice of the names by which we refer to the individual species, genera or families in the animal kingdom is ruled by a set of principles known as the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature[2] (hereafter, 'the Code'). Biological Classification of Organisms. Exclusive excerpt from Lord Robert May's book, Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications, published by Oxford University Press, 2007. Excerpt from Theoretical Ecology: Principles and Applications. This is because introducing a new species name, or otherwise intervening on the use of the scientific names of animals, is not simply a way to translate into words the author's view on a particular problem of animal taxonomy. He studied botany and medicine and Of his higher groupings, only those for animals are still in use, and the groupings themselves have been significantly changed since their conception, as have the principles behind them. New York: Columbia University Press. The principle behind the method is illustrated in Figure 1, which shows a single species splitting into two independently evolving populations that gradually diverge over time. Taxonomy is a science, but its application to classification involves a great deal of human contrivance and ingenuity, in short, of art. Linnaeus, Carolus (kärō'ləs lĭnā'əs), 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals. In this art there is a leeway for Principles of animal taxonomy. Simpson GG (1961) Principles of Animal Taxonomy.