Species and Taxonomy

• Species are groups of similar organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
• Underline the names in the binomial naming system
• The genus is the first part of the binomial name
• The species is the second part of the binomial name
• Courtship allows animals to recognise members of their own species - species recognition and identification
• Artificial classification is the classifying of species based on physical characteristics
• A phylogenetic tree shows how different species evolved from common ancestors over time
• Phylogenetic classification is classifying species according to homologous features -> similar evolutionary origins
• Taxonomic ranks are organised into a hierarchy

  Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species