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Classification

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classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

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Taxonomy

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classification on animals

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Kingdom

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a taxonomic category of the highest rank

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Phylum

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taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class

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Class

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taxonomic rank below phylum and above order

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Order

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taxonomic rank below class and above family

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Family

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taxonomic rank below order and above genus

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Genus

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genus comes above species and below family

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Species

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A group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

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Animalia

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animalia

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Chordata

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vertebrates, tunicates, and lancelets

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Mammalia

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mammals

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Primate

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consists of the lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and apes including humans, and is characterized by nails on the hands and feet, a short snout, and a large brain

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Hominid

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includes orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and modern humans, and their extinct relatives

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Linnaeus

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Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals

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Dichotomous Key

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a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish

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Domain

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second highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy

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Archaebacteria

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microorganisms that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization

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Bacteria

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plural form of bacterium

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Protista

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protists

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Fungi

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fungus

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Plantae

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plants

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