Freshwater fish from India. 1. & 2. Loricaria dura. Plate XXIX..

Carl von Linné, or Linnaeus, (1707-1778) classified the three kingdoms of nature as they were known in his time. He developed "binomial nomenclature," or identification by genus and species, which is still in use, although much of his classification system has been modified by discoveries since his lifetime.

The Museum for his patron, the King, is a selected list of quadrupeds, reptiles and fish with their Linnean names, preceded by an essay in Latin and Swedish on the study of natural history, and illustrated with engravings.

Capucin monkey. Simia capucina. Plate II.

Non-venomous snakes. 1. Coluber atropos; 2.Coluber mucosus; 3. Coluber reginae. Plate XIII.

Additional Information on Linnaeus from the University of California at Berkeley
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

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