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This 18th century Swedish scientist first developed a binominal nomenclature system of scientific classification and nomenclature based on common characteristic of living begins. Who was he?
  1. Carolus Linnaeus
  2. Charles Darwin
  3. Benjamin Franklin
  4. Jacques Cousteau

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Carolus Linnaeus
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Jacques Cousteau
C
Benjamin Franklin
D
Charles Darwin
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  • Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who created the binomial nomenclature.
  • In this system, every kind of animal and plant is given a name consisting of two Latin words, for its genus and species. This became used by biologists all over the world, and he is known as the "father of modern taxonomy".

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