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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 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