Classification Flashcards
Scientists group living organisms.
Classification
Defining groups of biological organisms by their characteristics and traits.
Taxonomy
Highest rank, grouping together by all forms of living organisms.
Kingdom
Algae, fungi, and plants. Chordata
Phylum
Group of organisms that share a common attribute. mammlia
Class
Related families, carnivora
Order
Ursidae
Family
Group of species that are closely related, and share a common ancestor. Ursus
Genus
Bears.
Species
Includes all animals.
Animalia
Marine animals.
Chordata
Nurse their young with milk, all the mammals.
Mammalia
Nails on hands and feet, short snout, and large brain.
Primate
ancestors of homo sapiens.
Hominid
Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals.
Linneaus