ABSTRACT
Linnaeus revolutionized animal nomenclature with his binominal system introduced in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Linnaeus, 1758). A quarter of a millennium later we are still without a complete and authoritative catalogue of all scientific names of animals. Fortunately, current advances in information technology at last make it possible to provide this resource so fundamental to the zoological sciences. The organisation responsible for maintaining the standards and quality control required for the production of this catalogue-an index to the encyclopaedia of animal life-is the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, ICZN.
