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Taxonomy write the orange stuff

Taxonomy write the orange stuff. Taxonomy = putting living things in categories.

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Taxonomy write the orange stuff

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  1. Taxonomywrite the orange stuff

  2. Taxonomy = putting living things in categories Just like when you send a letter to Portugal, first you specify the country, then the city, then the street, then the building, then the floor number, then left or right, then the room number. Otherwise it would be impossible to find people.

  3. To locate a living thing, specify… • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species

  4. Let’s make this easy to remember… Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a prince named Phillip… Linnaeus

  5. The moral of the story is… Linneaus wrote in the margin of his notebook… • King • Phil • Came • Over • For • Gun • Shot

  6. And you will forever remember • King Kingdom • Phil Phylum • Came Class • Over Order • For Family • Gun Genus • Shot Species

  7. So how do we know where to put things in the classification scheme? • Remember, living things are classified on similarities in structure.

  8. First, start with the kingdom • A Snowy Owl belongs to the animal kingdom because • it can move • it is made of more than one cell • it has to eat

  9. Then, decide on the Phylum • A Snowy Owl belongs to the Chordata Phylum because • It has a spinal cord • It has bones

  10. Then decide on the Order • A Snowy Owl belongs to the Order Strigiformes because • It is a carnivore • It has large, sharp talons

  11. Then decide on the Family • A snowy owl belongs to the family Stringidae because • It has a hooked beak • It has a round face • It hunts at night

  12. Then decide on the genus A Snowy Owl belongs to the genus Bubo because It lives in the Northern Hemisphere It has a fourth talon

  13. Then decide on the species • A Snowy Owl belongs to the scandiacus species because • It is white • It weighs about 40 grams • It has dense downy feathers

  14. The more classification levels that are shared by two organisms, the more alike they are. A snowy owl is more like a barn owl than an earthworm.

  15. If they are in the same species, they can breed and produce offspring that can also reproduce.

  16. Scientific name = Genus species Example: Homo sapiens = humans

  17. Which of these are most closely related? A Felis familiaris B Canis familiaris C Canis lupus

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