Taxonomy Notes
Kingdom AnimaliaChordata Phylum
Mammalia Class
Primate Order
Hominidae Family
Homo Genus
Sapiens Species
King Phillip Came Over For Great Soup
Taxonomy- The science of classifying organisms.
The system was developed by Carolus Linnaeus who used Greek and Latin names for organisms.
Linnaeus created a system where we place all organisms into a few large groups called Kingdoms and those groups are further divided.
The system is called binomial nomenclature- which means it is a 2 name system.
Scientific names must either be underlined or italicized.
The genus is always capitalized, and the species is lowercase. It can be abbreviated. Ex: F. leo and F. tigris.
Species- An organism that can interbreed with one another and can produce fertile offspring.
Hybrid- When two organisms of different species interbreed
Classification into a kingdom is based on certain criteria: number of cells, how it obtains energy, and type of cell.
Kingdom Animalia- Multicellular, heterotrophic, most can move. Ex: Birds, insects, worms, mammals.
Kingdom Plantae- Multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic, cannot move (due to cell walls).
Kingdom Fungae- Multicellular (most), heterotrophic (mainly decomposers), eukaryotic.
Kingdom Protista- Most are unicellular, can be heterotrophic or autotrophic, eukaryotes (all have nucleus), most live in water. Ex: Ameba, paramecium.
Kingdom Eubacteria and Archaebacteria- Unicellular, can be autotrophic or heterotrophic, prokaryotes (do not have nucleus). Eubacteria=common bacteria, Archaebacteria="ancient bacteria", in extreme environments.
Mammalia Class
Primate Order
Hominidae Family
Homo Genus
Sapiens Species
King Phillip Came Over For Great Soup
Taxonomy- The science of classifying organisms.
The system was developed by Carolus Linnaeus who used Greek and Latin names for organisms.
Linnaeus created a system where we place all organisms into a few large groups called Kingdoms and those groups are further divided.
The system is called binomial nomenclature- which means it is a 2 name system.
Scientific names must either be underlined or italicized.
The genus is always capitalized, and the species is lowercase. It can be abbreviated. Ex: F. leo and F. tigris.
Species- An organism that can interbreed with one another and can produce fertile offspring.
Hybrid- When two organisms of different species interbreed
Classification into a kingdom is based on certain criteria: number of cells, how it obtains energy, and type of cell.
Kingdom Animalia- Multicellular, heterotrophic, most can move. Ex: Birds, insects, worms, mammals.
Kingdom Plantae- Multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic, cannot move (due to cell walls).
Kingdom Fungae- Multicellular (most), heterotrophic (mainly decomposers), eukaryotic.
Kingdom Protista- Most are unicellular, can be heterotrophic or autotrophic, eukaryotes (all have nucleus), most live in water. Ex: Ameba, paramecium.
Kingdom Eubacteria and Archaebacteria- Unicellular, can be autotrophic or heterotrophic, prokaryotes (do not have nucleus). Eubacteria=common bacteria, Archaebacteria="ancient bacteria", in extreme environments.