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    The Races of Amazon Aestiva

    (IMAGE: BLUE FRONT AMAZON (AMAZONA AESTIVA) CHACO TYPE PHOTO STEVE DUNCAN) Carolus Linnaeus (Linné) published the 10th edition of his systematic list in 1758. His Systema Naturae gave order to the species concept, with a generic and a subspecific name—the so-called binominal nomenclature; the tenth edition is regarded as the starting point of zoological nomenclature. This concept allowed scientists worldwide to recognize the same individual by the same name; the use of common names typically proved tremendously erring, as different countries then as they do now use different common names for the same species. This scientific principal unquestionably advanced science tremendously and is still in use today. Linné named on…