Taxonomy, Binomial Nomenclature

What is the most exclusive taxon?

• Domain

• Family

• Species

• Order

Binomial Nomenclature takes which two taxons to name a species?

• Genus and Kingdom

• Phylum and Class

• Family and class

• Genus and species

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 do we call the groups in which we classify organisms?

• Categories

• Classes

• Sets

• Taxons

What is the most inclusive taxon?

• Phylum

• Order

• Class

• Domain

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

The LARGEST classification group (at the top) is:

• Very exclusive

• Very inclusive

• Very small

• Very specific

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

• Order

• Genus

• Class

• Family

Why is the most specific taxonomy category?

• Kingdom

• Domain

• Species

• Order