Taxonomy: $200m, the cost of finishing the animals

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A paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution estimates costs of naming the remaining 5.4 million animal species, based on costs of taxonomy in Brazil - $200 million. The taxonomic impediment is seen as the most significant barrier to progress  Nature blog post quotes the NHM's Chris Lyal.../reference

Fernando Carbayo and Antonio C. Marques The costs of
describing the entire animal kingdomTrends in Ecology & Evolution, 07
February 2011 doi:10.1016/j.tree.2011.01.004

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Natural History Museum London
Brazil
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Taxonomy

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