zootaxyhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zootaxy_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezootaxy, n.
Revised 2017

zootaxynoun

Now rare.
  1. 1833–
    Zoological classification, animal taxonomy.
    1. 1833
      Likewise in my zootaxy, I [sc. de Blainville] have still more frequently entered on the domains of natural history.
      London Med. & Surg. Journal vol. 2 568/1
    2. 1860
      A naturalist who..would apply purely and simply to the human genus the general principles of zootaxy, would then be led to divide this genus into several species.
      Journal Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathology vol. 13 589
    3. 1920
      The time has come to rid ourselves of the empirical methods which have necessarily prevailed so long in zootaxy.
      Rec. Indian Museum vol. 20 2
    4. 1970
      The..chapter discusses—within the frame of evolutionary zootaxy—..the principal taxonomical categories of the animal kingdom.
      Acta Biologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae vol. 21 138

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoo-, comb. form was revised in June 2017.