The Swedish botanist, Carolus Linnaeus, outlines three kingdoms for his classification system, two for living things and one for non-living:
Animal kingdom (Regnum Animale)
Vegetable kingdom (Regnum Vegetabile)
Mineral kingdom (Regnum Lapideum)
Although scientific classifications have changed significantly since Linnaeus' work, he is still known as the father of modern taxonomy, and we still ask "animal, vegetable, or mineral?"
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