Classifying plants and animals

A short history of classification, introducing Linnaeus’ system of binomial nomenclature. Animation is used to show how Linnaeus’ system works. The classification of the common dog is traced.

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Credits

production company

Coronet Instructional Films

Duration

00:10:45:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013118

Language

English

Subject categories

Animals & Wildlife → Biology - Classification

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Biology - Classification

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1961

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