Type locality as defined in zoology
Also known as terr. typ. · locus typicus · terra typica
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A type locality is the place where the name-bearing type specimen – the particular specimen that formally anchors the scientific name – of a species or subspecies was collected, captured, or first observed. In zoology, the term is formally defined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), which ties the type locality directly to the provenance of the name-bearing type rather than to the species' overall distribution. In botany, the collecting place of the type is usually discussed as the locus classicus, even though the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) regulates typification by specimens rather than defining "type locality" as a standalone term.