Many words for groups of animals came from kings and queens hundreds of years ago They made up fancy ways of speaking to separate themselves from common folks
Carl Linnaeus 1707 1778 Carl Linnaeus developed a system for naming and grouping living things in the 1730s Scientists still use his ideas today
Carl Linnaeus grouped living things into two kingdoms plants and animals Today scientists group living things into 5 kingdoms animals plants fungi protists very simple organisms and bacteria Sometimes we give animal groups names that are not scientific
