Question

Aristotle is known for which contribution to taxonomy?

Answer 1

Aristotle was the first to begin to classify all living beings, that is he made an attempt at a taxonomy that encompassed all the species that he knew. In a way, he gave us the idea of taxonomy or classification.

Answer 2

Aristotle is considered as the father of taxonomy ( also called father of science) as he was the first to classify all life forms.

He was the first philosopher, who discovered the two important concepts of taxonomy, which are also practiced today : classification of organisms through type and binomial definition.

For instance, he classified animals as having blood and not having blood, animals living on land and animals living in water