Eight Major Taxonomic Ranks (Hierarchy of Biological Classification)

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Eight Major Taxonomic Ranks (Hierarchy of
Biological Classification)
Life
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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Eukarya Domain
(Protista Kingdom)
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Protista Kingdom
(Three Main Groups)
Pseudopods
Cilia
Animal Like
Flagella
Sporozoans
also called Protozoans
One celled Algae
Plantlike
Multi-celled Algae
Slime Mold
Fungus-like
Water Mold
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Eukarya Domain (Fungi
Kingdom)
Mold
Mushroom
Lichen
Most fungi use spores to reproduce and need
moist, warm places to grow.
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Eukarya Domain (Plantae
Kingdom)
Plants produce their food through photosynthesis.
Plant cells with visible chloroplasts.
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Plantae Kingdom (Three
Main Groups)
Seedless and Seed Producing
Ferns
Gymnosperms
Vascular
Angiosperms
Most species are single-celled
Green Algae
Mosses
Non-Vascular
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Eukarya Domain
(Animalia Kingdom)
Invertebrates
Vertebrates

• 95 of all animal species
• 3/4 of all animals are from the arthropod species

• Fish have majority number of vertebrate species.

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Animalia Kingdom (2
Major Phylums)
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Chordata
Fish
Arthropod
Reptiles
Birds
Worms
Mollusk
Amphibians
Cnidaria
Sponges
Mammals
Echinoderm
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The word animal comes from the Latin word for
having breath.
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Invertebrate Phylum (Major
Classes)
insects
Arthropod
arachnids
snails
crustaceans
Mollusk
squid
segmented
clams
Worms
nematodes
starfish
flatworms
Echinoderm
sea urchin
coral
sand dollar
Cnidaria
jellyfish
Sponges
sea anenomes
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Vertebrate Phylum
(Major Classes)
frogs
Amphibians
salamanders
cartilage (sharks/rays)
caecilian
Fish
crocodile
bony
Reptiles
lizard/snake
turtle
monotremes
small
Mammals
marsupials
Birds
large (ostriche)
placentals
Tetrapoda (four legged) animals
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All members have a cranium, a skull
Amphibians
Reptiles
Fish
Birds
Mammals
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Mammal Class
(Three Main Groups or Subclasses)
Lay eggs
Monotremes
Pouched
Marsupials
Placenta developed from fetus
Placentals
Every young mammal is fed with milk produced in
its mothers body.
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Mammal Class (Placental
Subclass)
largest orders
Rodent
Bats
prosimian
Primate
simian
Shrews
Feliformia
Carnivora
Caniformia
whales
even-toed
Cetacea
Ungulates
dolphins
odd-toed
porpoises
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Mammal Class (Placental
Subclass)
Placenta is an organ in pregnant female mammals
that helps to feed the offspring during
gestation, before birth.
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Placental Subclass
(Primate Order)
Lemurs
Galagos
Apes
Monkeys
Gibbons
Human
Tarsiers
Simian
Prosimian
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Hominidae Family (Homo
sapien Species)

• Homosapien means wise man or knowing man.
• Have highly developed brains capable of abstract
  reasoning, language, introspection, and problem
  solving.
• Adept at self-expression, exchange ideas, and
  organization.
• Create complex social structures with variety of
  values, social norms, and rituals.

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Hominidae Family (Homo
sapien Species) (cont)

• Only species known to build fires, cook their
  food, clothe themselves, and use numerous other
  technologies.
• Capable of full bipedal location.
• Human brain is more intelligent than any other
  species.