Taxonomy

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain
• organisms that share a family 
• organisms that share a genus 
• organisms that share a species 

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name
• genus and species name
• domain and kingdom name
• kingdom and phylum name

What do we call the groups in which we classify organisms?

• Categories

• Classes

• Sets

• Taxons

Why is the most specific taxonomy category?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Species

• Order

Which taxon comes next? Domain... Kingdom... Phylum

• Order

• Genus

• Class

• Family

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodila

Family: Alligatoridae

Genus: Alligator

species: mississippiensis

• alligator Mississippiensis

• Crocodila chordata

• Alligator mississippiensis

• Reptilia crocodila

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family:Canidae

Genus: Canis

species: mesomelas

• Mammalia carnivora

• Canidae mesomelas

• Canis mesomelas

• Animalia chordata

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

Genus: Thalasseus

species: maximus

• thalassues maximus

• Anamalia maximus

• Aves chordata

• Thalassues maximus

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Sciuridae

Genus: Ratufa

species: indica

• Indica ratufa

• Ratufa indica

• Chordata Amimalia

• Sciuridea rodenta

Who created the system of Taxonomy?

• Albert Einstein

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Copernicus