The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals  

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"splitters make very small units – their critics say that if they can tell two animals apart, they place them in different genera … and if they cannot tell them apart, they place them in different species. … Lumpers make large units – their critics say that if a carnivore is neither a dog nor a bear, they call it a cat."--"The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals" (1945) George G. Simpson

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"The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals" (1945) is an essay by George G. Simpson




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