Classification Vocab- Wildlife

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the arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities

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Classification

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the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

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Taxonomy

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the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet

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Binomial Nomenclature

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a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class

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Taxon

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classification that is below a family and above a species level, and includes group(s) of species that are structurally similar or phylogenetically related

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Genus

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may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks above the rank of genus

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Family

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taxonomic rank fitting in between class and family

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Order

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taxonomic rank fitting between phylum and order

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Class

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A taxonomic rank at the level below Kingdom and above Class

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Phylum

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classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany. In botany and mycology, division refers to a rank equivalent to phylum

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Division

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a taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common

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Kingdom

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also superkingdom or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy

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Domain

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The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms

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Phylogeny

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any observable feature, or trait, of an organism, whether acquired or inherited

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Character

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a technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged

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Molecular Clock

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a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common

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Cladistics

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a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

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Cladogram

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Any of the unicellular microorganisms that is genetically distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes, and often inhabiting extreme environmental conditions

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Archaea

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eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as a plant, animal, or fungus. They are mostly unicellular, but some, like algae, are multicellular

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Protists

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parasites on living organisms or that feed upon dead organic material: fungi lack chlorophyll, true roots, stems, and leaves, and reproduce by means of spores

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Fungus