Taxonomy & Classification Flashcards
1
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Species
A
a group of animals that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
2
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Taxonomy
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-classifying animals into groups based on theur similarities and differences
-importance: to not mix different species especially prey and predators,habitat differences, enables easy identification of animals, allows scientists to study relationships between them
3
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7 Classification levels
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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
4
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Kingdoms
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Animalia (multicellular animals)
Plantae (multicellular green plants)
Fungi (multicellular molds,mushrooms and yeast)
Prokaryote (unicellular no nucleus bacteria and algae)
Protocista (unicellular, nuclear (ameoba)
5
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Classes
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Mammalia
Aves
Reptilia
Amphibia
Pisces
