Animal Classification

The level of classification immediately above species.

K-P-C-O-F-G-S

• phylum

• class

• order

• genus

The highest category in the Linnean system of classification.

• kingdom

• phylum

• species

• class

The most specific level of classification.

K-P-C-O-F-G-S

• kingdom

• phylum

• species

• class

The level of classification immediately below class.

K-P-C-O-F-G-S

• order

• phylum

• species

• kingdom

The level of classification immediately below order.

K-P-C-O-F-G-S

• genus

• family

• species

• kingdom

The level of classification immediately below kingdom.

• kingdom

• order

• phylum

• genus

The level of classification immediately below phylum.

K-P-C-O-F-G-S

• class

• phylum

• kingdom

• family

__________ is the science of identifying and naming organisms.

• endothermic

• swimbladder

• taxonomy

• heterotrophic

A _____________ is a cartilaginous-like supportive structure that is replaced by the vertebral column in vertebrates.

• heterotrophic

• notochord

• swimbladder

• endothermic

__________ ____________ developed the concept of binomial nomenclature.

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Edison