But based on Linnaean’s system, birds and reptiles belong to separate groups because of their different physical characteristics. Here, birds alone make up their own separate type of animal.

Renaming means chaos. Published 2 October 2004. From Peter Forey, Department of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum . Bob Holmes reports on proposals to replace our standard Linnaean system of ...

Linnaean system of classification Living organisms are classified into groups depending on their structure and characteristics. This system was developed in the eighteenth century by Carl Linnaeus.