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Organism Classification

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A organism classification, such as Mammal, has a classification rank, such as Class, a scientific name, such as Mammalia, and a parent classification. more

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Archaea Halobacteria sp. strain NRC-1, each cell about 5 μm in length.   Archaea  
The Archaea are a group of prokaryotic and single-celled microorganism. In this they are similar to bacteria but these two groups evolved differently, and are classified as different domain in the three-domain system. Originally these organisms...
Bacteria Escherichia coli, one of the many species of bacteria present in the human gut   Bacteria  
The Bacteria (singular: bacterium) are a group of unicellular microorganism. Typically a few micrometre in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from sphere to rods and spirals. Bacteria are ubiquitous in every habitat on Earth,...
Eukaryote Chart Tree of life colored   Eukaryota  
Animal, plant, fungi, and protist are eukaryotes ( or ), organism whose cells are organized into complex structures enclosed within membranes. The defining membrane-bound structure which differentiates eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic cells is the...
Animal Animal diversity October 2007 Quotation Subject Animalia  
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are...
Plant Diversity of plants image version 3 M:TG Creature Type Plantae  
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Fungus Paprastoji musmirė (Amanita muscaria) M:TG Creature Type Fungi  
A fungus is a eukaryotic organism that is a member of the kingdom Fungi . The fungi are heterotrophic organisms possessing a chitin cell wall. The majority of species grow as multicellular filaments called hyphae forming a mycelium; some fungal...
Protist Paramecium aurelia   Protista  
Protists , are a diverse group of eukaryotic microorganism. Historically, protists were treated as the kingdom Protista but this group is no longer recognized in modern taxonomy. The protists do not have much in common besides a relatively simple...
Chordate Yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares   Chordata  
Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animal that includes the vertebrate, together with several closely related invertebrate. They are united by having, at some time in their life cycle, a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slit...
Vertebrate Northern bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus Type/domain equivalent topic Vertebrata  
Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata, chordates with backbone or spinal column. The grouping sometimes includes the hagfish, which have no vertebrae, but are genetically quite closely related to lamprey, which do have vertebrae. For...
Mammal An orangutan on the ground, walking bipedally Database topic Mammalia  
Mammals (class Mammalia) are a class of vertebrate animals characterized by the presence of sweat glands, including sweat glands modified for milk production, hair, three middle ear bone used in hearing, and a neocortex region in the brain. All...
Odd-toed ungulate Plains Zebras   Perissodactyla  
Mesaxonians are a group of mammal that are form the, not widely accepted, superorder Mesaxonia. The superorder includes the perissodactylids, hyracoids, proboscidians, and sirenia, all part of the infraclass Eutheria. However, this group is not yet...
Equidae Plains Zebras   Equidae  
Equidae is the family of horse-like animals, which belong to the order Perissodactyla. It is sometimes known as the horse family. Apart from the horse, other extant equids include assorted subspecies of donkey or ass, and the zebra. All of these are...
Equus     Equus  
Equus is the only genus in the family of horse-like animals Equidae.
Horse Horse -- Silver Morgan School mascot Equus caballus  
The horse (Equus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed animal into the large, single-toed animal of today....
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Wild Horse The Przewalski's Horse   Equus ferus  
The Wild Horse (Equus ferus) is a member of the Horse genus which currently is native only in Asia. The true wild horse is not merely a feral horse like the Mustang; a true wild horse species is one which was never successfully domesticated. Two...
Tarpan Tarpan horse (1841 drawing)   Equus ferus ferus  
The Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, was the Eurasian wild horse. The last specimen of this species died in captivity in Ukraine in 1918 or 1919. Polish farmers often crossed the tarpan with their domestic horses. The result was a small horse breed, the...
Przewalski's Horse Przewalskis-horse-036437   Equus ferus przewalskii  
Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii, Equus przewalskii or Equus caballus przewalskii, classification is debated), or , etc. in English; also known as the Asian Wild Horse or Mongolian Wild Horse, or Takhi, is the closest living wild...
Primate Olive Baboon   Primates  
A primate is any member of the biological order Primates (Latin: "prime, first rank"), the group that contains lemur, the Aye-aye, lorid, galago, tarsier, monkey, and ape, with the last category including human. With the exception of humans, which...
Hominidae Australopithecus africanus   Hominidae  
The great apes are the members of the biological family Hominidae which includes human, chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan. The great apes are large, tailless primates, with the smallest living species being the Bonobo at 30 – 40 kilograms in...
Homo     Homo  
Homo is the genus that includes modern human and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be about 2.5 million years old, evolving from Australopithecine ancestors with the appearance of Homo habilis. Appearance of Homo coincides with the...
Human Character Species Homo sapiens sapiens  
Human beings, or humans, Homo sapiens sapiens ( — Latin: "wise human" or "knowing human"), are bipedal primate in the family Hominidae. mtDNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago while nDNA indicates...
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Homo Sapiens     Homo sapiens  
Homo sapiens is a biological species in the genus homowith notable subspecies homo sapiens sapiens (human).
Neanderthal 汉诺威动物园中陈列的尼安德塔人头骨   Homo neanderthalensis  
The Neanderthal (, also with , and ), or Neandertal, are paleoanthropological specimen classified as Pleistocene species of the Homo genus (Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis) which inhabited Europe and parts of western and...
Ungulate Llamas such as this, which have two toes, are artiodactyls -- "even toed" ungulates   Ungulata  
Ungulates (meaning roughly "being hoof" or "hoofed animal") are several groups of mammal most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole bodyweight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six...
Laurasiatheria Giant golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus)   Laurasiatheria  
Laurasiatheria is a clade of rank cohort or super-order, within the Placentalia (living) or Eutheria (Placentals and their extinct ancestors) infraclass of mammal, based on DNA sequence analyses and Retrotransposon presence/absence data. The name...
Canidae Coyote Photograph   Canidae  
The Canidae (, ′kanə′dē) family is a part of the order Carnivora within the mammal (Class Mammalia). Members of the family are called canids and include dog, wolves, fox, coyote, dingo, jackal, and African Wild Dog. The Canidae family is divided...
Caniformia Grizzly bears   Caniformia Canoidea
Caniformia, or Canoidea (literally "dog-like") are a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws (in contrast to the cat-like carnivores, the Feliformia). The Pinnipedia (seals, sea lions, and...
Canis Gray Wolf   Canis  
Canis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species and many extinct species, including wolves, coyotes, and jackals. Wolves and dogs are subspecies of ''Canis lupus''. The American Grey Wolf (''Canis lupus lupus'') differs significantly in...
Gray Wolf Gray Wolf   Canis lupus  
The grey wolf or gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf or wolf, is a mammal of the order Carnivora. The gray wolf is the largest wild member of the Canidae family and an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene...
Dog Moxie Character Species Canis lupus familiaris  
The dog (Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated subspecies of the wolf, a mammal of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term encompasses both feral and pet varieties and is also sometimes used to describe wild canid of other subspecies...
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