Whittaker proposed a new system of classification in the late 1960s. What was different about his system?

Whittaker’s system grouped living things into five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. This expanded on the older system that divided organisms into just two kingdoms, plants and animals. Therefore, the difference was that his system contained five kingdoms instead of two.

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