Animal Classification

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Animal Classification I. Taxonomy and Phylogeny
A. Taxonomy science of the
classification and naming of living
things B. Phylogeny study of the
evolutionary history of animals
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Animal Classification II. Taxonomic scheme
A. Hierarchy
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Animal Classification II. Taxonomic scheme
B. Naming of species binomial
nomenclature Homo sapiens Homo
sapiens Apis mellifera Apis mellifera

• Genus name is always capitalized and
• italicized or underlined
• species name is always lower case and
• italicized or underlined

Linnaeus
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Animal Classification II. Taxonomic scheme
B. Naming of species binomial
nomenclature
Family Upupidae Upupa epops
African hoopoe
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Animal Classification III. Phylogenetic Tree
representation of phylogeny of animal groups,
traced back to initial common ancestor