Do Animal Classification change? Animal Word part 12

 We have made articles on binomial system of classifying animals and people who were first to classify animals in their own way if you haven't read those then visit our page to see them or just click here for reading people who classified animals and click here for knowing what is binomial system of classifying animals. But another question arises that does the classifications in which a species is put changes? Now if you don't know about that then read this article till the end to know does this all changes, so lets begin.

When classifying animals was at initial stage the man was totally depended on his senses, that's why classifying animals was observation and our observation had limited scope because of our senses. Our senses may device us too. But in this modern era, we have well sophisticated classifying system and better equipment we can classify animals with ease and with more accuracy.

Animal classification (taxonomy is branch of science dealing with it) now uses sophisticated scientific methods to identify relationships between species. 
But id you have read our previous article of people who classified animals, then you know that the method of classifying animals also changes. This means there is a probability that the group in which a species is kept can change. Occasionally, new species are identified.

Now if you didn't understand first read the article in which we talked about peopled who classified animals, and then we also have an example for you.

Until a recent DNA studies were conducted on elephants, it was thought that there were only two species of elephants which are Asian Elephant and African Elephant. But in an recent research of 2010, it was revealed that African Elephants are actually of types. African Bush Elephants and African Forest Elephants. This way there are now three species of elephants.   

So, to conclude lets summarize-

1. At initial stage of taxonomy, man was totally depended on it's senses, but now we use sophisticated scientific system of classifying animals.

2. Ways of classifying animals changed with time, which resulted in changing of groups in which species were placed, this also sometimes result in identifying new species of animals.

3. The classification of an animal can change according to change in system.

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