ICZN
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ICZN may refer to:
- International Commission on Zoological NomenclatureInternational Commission on Zoological NomenclatureThe International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature is an organization dedicated to "achieving stability and sense in the scientific naming of animals". Founded in 1895, it currently comprises 28 members from 20 countries, mainly practicing zoological taxonomists...
, an organization, abbreviated "ICZN" - International Code of Zoological NomenclatureInternational Code of Zoological NomenclatureThe International Code of Zoological Nomenclature is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals...
, published by that organization, often abbreviated as the "ICZN Code".