1. | Ernst Mayr | 2. | Louis Pasteur |
3. | Charles Darwin | 4. | Hugo de Vries |
The number of species that are known and described ranges between:
1. | 1.2 and 1.3 million | 2. | 1.4 and 1.5 million |
3. | 1.7 and 1.8 million | 4. | 2.1 and 2.2 million |
I: | Nomenclature is critical as it allows a particular organism to be known by the same name all over the world. |
II: | Identification is critical as nomenclature or naming is only possible when the organism is described correctly and we know to what organism the name is attached to. |
1. | To regulate the names of animal species |
2. | To control the import and export of zoological specimens |
3. | To promote zoology as a field of study globally |
4. | To provide guidelines for botanical gardens |