taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Phylum

  Class

  Order

  Family

  Genus

  Species
• Taxonomy is the scientific classification of organisms. It groups animals based on shared characteristics and evolutionary history 
• taxonomy helps scientists identify, study and conserve species
• what are three unusual classification examples?

  • armadillo
  • bats
  • duck-billed platypus
• how is the armadillo unusually classified?

  • mammalian traits - warm blooded, birth live young
  • unusual traits - bony plates similar to reptiles
• how are bats unusually classified?

  • only mammal capable of sustained flight
  • mammalian traits - fur, warm blooded, produce milk
  • bird traits - wings, can fly
• how are duck-billed platypus unusually classified?

  • reptilian traits - lays eggs, has a cloaca
  • mammalian traits - fir, produces milk
  • bird traits - bill similar to a duck
• how is a binomial name written?

  GENUS + species