Chapter 9 science Flashcards
the division of organisms into groups of classes based on specific characteristics
classification
the science of describing naming and classifying organisms
taxonomy
are the largest more general groups
kingdom
are animals further sorted into the class
phylum
is one or more orders
class
are separated into families
order
broken into genera
family
all of them start with a capital letter
genus
a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
species
they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives
animalia
possessing a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail for at least some period of their life cycles
chordata
air-breathing vertebrate animals characterized by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young
mammilia
In taxonomy, primates include two distinct lineages, strepsirrhines and haplorhines
primate
are a taxonomic family of primates that includes seven extant species
hominid
who laid the foundations for the modern biological naming scheme of binomial nomenclature
Linnaeus
