Classification Flashcards
classification
the action or process of classifying something
Taxonomy
the branch on science concerned for classification
Kingdom
a country, a state,or territory ruled by a king
Phylum
a principal taxonic category that ranks above class
class
a set or category of things having some property
order
the arrangement or disposition of people or things
Family
a group of parents and children living in the same household
genus
is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family.
species
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomia
animalia
taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals. Synonyms: animal kingdom, kingdom Animalia Type of: kingdom.
chordata
any of a phylum . of animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord, dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill clefts and including the vertebrates, lancelets, and tunicates.
mammalia
of warm-blooded higher vertebrates
primate
the chief bishop or archbishop of a province.
Hominid
a primate of a family
Linnaeus
Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals
