Wildlife Bio Vocab Flashcards
Classification
A way of organizing things in a group according to similar characteristics.
Taxonomy
The science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms
Binomial nomenclature
A system of nomenclature in which each species of animal or plant receives a name of two terms of which the first identifies the genus to
taxon
A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit.
Genus
Contains animals that have very similar features and are closely related.
family
A taxonomic rank in the classification of organisms between genus and order.
order
The order of animals. the animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals.
class
Living things and especially mammals, birds, and fishes that are neither human nor domesticated.
Phylum
Represents the largest scientific grouping of life forms sharing evolutionary certain requirements of a common ancestor in evolution.
divison
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kingdom
A basic group of natural objects that includes living and extinct.
domain
A major faunal area of the earth’s surface.
Phylogeny
The history of the evolution of a species or group
Characters
Are animals that have not been domesticated by humans.
Molecular clock
The molecular clock technique requires just two simple things: an estimate of the number of genetic mutations
