CLASSIFICATION Kimberly Kim 2006. TAXONOMY: the science of classifying living things How are living...

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CLASSIFICATION Kimberly Kim 2006

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CLASSIFICATION

Kimberly Kim

2006

TAXONOMY: the science of classifying living things

How are living things classified?– physical characteristics– genetics– biochemical make-up– behavioral similarities (ex. method of

reproduction)

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM

PHYLUM

CLASS

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM

CLASS

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS Mammalia Mammalia Crustacea Mammalia

ORDER

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS Mammalia Mammalia Crustacea Mammalia

ORDER Carnivora Carnivora Decapoda Primates

FAMILY

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS Mammalia Mammalia Crustacea Mammalia

ORDER Carnivora Carnivora Decapoda Primates

FAMILY Felidae Felidae Homaridae Hominidae

GENUS

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS Mammalia Mammalia Crustacea Mammalia

ORDER Carnivora Carnivora Decapoda Primates

FAMILY Felidae Felidae Homaridae Hominidae

GENUS Felis Felis Homarus Homo

SPECIES

House Cat Mountain Lion

Lobster Human

KINGDOM Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata

CLASS Mammalia Mammalia Crustacea Mammalia

ORDER Carnivora Carnivora Decapoda Primates

FAMILY Felidae Felidae Homaridae Hominidae

GENUS Felis Felis Homarus Homo

SPECIES domesticus concolor americanus sapiens

Scientific Naming:binomial nomenclature

• An organism’s scientific name is it’s genus and species:Homo sapiens

Felis domesticus

Canis familiares

Tamiasciurus douglasi

Carolus Linnaeus, the Father of Taxonomy

1707-1778 Systema Naturae, published 1760

Why Latin?

Sowbug Pill bug

Roly Poly

Wood Louse

Potato bug

Why Latin?CrayFish StarFish

SilverFish

ClownFish

Why Latin?Pinus

linnaeus Eschscholtzia californica

Quercus rubra Felis

domesticus