This work is considered the bibliographic foundation for zoological nomenclature .
He wrote Index Animalium , an 11 - volume , 9,000 - page work that catalogued the 444,000 names of every living and extinct animal discovered between 1758 and 1850 .
This work is considered the bibliographic foundation for zoological nomenclature .
He wrote Index Animalium , an 11 - volume , 9,000 - page work that catalogued the 444,000 names of every living and extinct animal discovered between 1758 and 1850 .