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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN)
1. The regulations governing the scientific naming of animals.

2. The international authority that draws up those regulations and that supervises their application.

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