Principles of animal taxonomy

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Examines the deepest foundation of taxonomy and builds from these to the structures of zoological classification. Originally published in 1961. Critical, classic textbook with over 3,000 citations. Reviewed in: Blackwelder, R. E. 1961. Reviewed work: Principles of Animal Taxonomy, by George Gaylord Simpson. Systematic Zoology, 10(4), 197-200. Emerson, A. E. 1961. Science Magazine. Heiser, C. B. 1961. Reviewed work: Principles of Animal Taxonomy by George Gaylord Simpson. The American Biology Teacher, 23(6), 375-377. Morrison-Scott, T. 1962. Principles of Animal Taxonomy. Nature, 193, 717-718. Myers, A. 1992. SIMPSON, G. G. Principles of animal taxonomy. Columbia University Press, New York: 1990. Pp xii, 247; illustrated. Archives of Natural History, 19(1), 121-143. [This is a review of the 1990 reissue which is not fundamentally changed from the 1961 edition] Pp. xii, 247; 30 text-figures (mostly line-drawings and phylogenies). Publisher's original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color printed dust jacket, lg 8vo. This volume provides a detailed introduction to the fundamental principles of animal taxonomy. It is the only volume in English on the principles underlying the classification of animals, and the only modern treatment of the subject in any language (from the jacket flap). Signature name stamp of former owner on the front and rear endpapers.