%0 Journal Article %T Practical Taxonomic Computing %A Hamish G. Robertson %J African Zoology %D 2012 %I %X In 1978 Richard Pankhurst published a book entitled Biological Identification, a large portion of which was devoted to the use of computers for identifying organisms. Computer software and hardware have advanced considerably since that time and the book under review is an updated and expanded version of the former. Although the present book is still devoted mainly to identification methods, it also deals with databases and the use of computers for classifying organisms. %K Richard J. Pankhurst %K Biological Identification %K he use of computers for identifying organisms %K identification methods %K computers for classifying organisms %U http://africanzoology.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/658