Taxonomy

Define taxonomy.

science of classifying living things
What is the organization of taxonomy?
- kingdom
- phylum
- class
- order
- family
- genus
- species
What are the 6 kingdoms?
- eubacteria
- archaebacteria
- protista
- fungi
- plantae
- animalia
What does kingdom animalia include?

includes sponges to man
What is the difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
- vertebrates: have a backbone
- invertebrates: do not have a backbone
What is part of vertebrata?
- mammalia
- aves
- reptilia
- amphibia
- chondricthyes
- osteichtyes
What are the orders in the class mammalia?
- artiodactyla
- perissodactyla
- carnivora
- rodentia
- primates
How many different species are there in the class mammalia?

4500
What are the different families in the order artiodactyla?
- bovidae
- ovidae
- capridae
- suidae
What are the other families?
- equidae
- canidae
- felidae
- mustelidae
- muridae
What are the different genera?
- bos
- equus
- ovis
- capra
- sus
- canis
- felis
- mus
- rattus
How many different species are in the class aves?

8700
What do families end in?

-idae
What do orders end in?

-iformes

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Taxonomy

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