The Linnaean Classification System

Of the following classifications, the smallest or least inclusive is

• order

• genus

• species

• class

Tags

FL.SC.6.L.15.1

system used by scientists to group organisms made by Carl Linnaeas

• binomial nomenclature

• Linnaean system

• common name

• Domain

grouping organisms through shared characteristics example: Linnaean system

• classification

• common name

• scientific name

• binomial nomenclature

how organisms are named example: Ursus arctos

• binomial nomenclature

• Linnean system

• classification

• Taxonomy

The name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its species label ex: Panthera tigris

• common name

• scientific name

• classification

• unicellular

highest taxonomic rank ex: archaea, bacteria, eukarya

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Domain

below domain; groups together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common ex: Protist, Fungi, Plant, Animal

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

category below kingdom & above class ex: porifera

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

category below phylum & above order ex: mammalia

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order

category below class & above family ex: rosales

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Class

• Order