Classifaction of animals

Question 1

Carolus Linnaeus’ classification of animals

Answer 1

Kingdom (kingdoms)
Phylum (phyla)
Class (Classes)
Order (Orders)
Family (Families)
Genus (Genera)
Species (Species)
*sometimes there are sub-categories*

Question 2

Classification of animals ( further)

Answer 2

Kingdom (kingdoms) >>> Animalia
Phylum (phyla) >>>> Chordata
Class (Classes) >>>> Mammalia
Order (Orders) >>>> Primates
Family (Families)>>>Homonidae
Genus (Genera)>>>>Homo
Species (Species)>>> Sapiens

Species name&raquo_space;»> Homosapiens

Question 3

Kingdoms

First 2 kingdoms found

Answer 3

Animalia (animals) and Plantae (plants)

Question 4

What happened in 1866

Answer 4

Hackel added another group, known as Protista (eukaryotes)

Question 5

What happened in 1969

Answer 5

Whittaker added a fourth and fifth group Monera (Bacteria) and Fungi

Question 6

Instead of all those long terms, we use 3 broad categories now

Answer 6

Archea (unicellular)
Eucarya (Multicellular)
Bacteria

Question 7

All kingdoms listed

Answer 7

Animalia
Plantae
Protista
Monera
Fungi
Archea
Eucarya

Question 8

Definitions of species

Answer 8

A group of interbreeding individuals of common ancestry that are reproductively isolated from other similar groups

Question 9

Designated by Latin binomial name

Answer 9

Genus + species = homo + sapiens

• Same throughout the world
• Always in Italics and underlined
• After first use contract to G.species