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.

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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