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The binomial classification system of Carlos Linnaeus (Species plantarum, 1753 [for Botany] and the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, 1758 [for Zoology]), came to fill a great gap in science, by systematically naming plants and animals, thus universalizing scientific communication (Stearn 1959, McGregor 2009, International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature 1999). This classification system has the great advantage of being common to all scientists on the planet and allows consistency regardless of language. However, much knowledge of species, especially mammals, comes from popular knowledge and from communities that have always been in direct contact with natural areas.
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