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Biology BIO 100
Introduction to Taxonomy

Part I The Kritters - A Simple Classification Scheme

  1. Kingdon Monera (No Nucleus)

    1. True Bacteria and Blue Green Algae

    2. Ancient Bacteria

  2. Kingdon Protista

    1. Diatoms and Other Algae

    2. Euglenoids

    3. Protozoa

  3. Kingdon Plantae

    1. Mosses, Liverworts

    2. Vascular plants

      1. Lycopods

      2. Horse Tails or Scouring Rushes

      3. Ferns

      4. Conifers - Gymnosperms

      5. Seed plants - Angiosperms

        1. Dicots

        2. Monocots

  4. Kingdon Fungi

  5. Kingdon Animalia

    1. Sponges

    2. Coelenterates

    3. Flatworms

    4. Molluscs

    5. Annelid Worms

    6. Arthropods

    7. Echinoderms

    8. Chordates

Part II Some Relationships - A Man, A Dog, And A Bird

KingdomAnimaliaAnimaliaAnimalia
PhylumChordataChordataChordata
Sub-PhylumVertebrataVertebrataVertebrata
ClassMammaliaMammaliaAves
OrderPrimatesCarnivoraPasseriformes
FamilyHominidaeCanidaeTurdidae
GenusHomoCanisTurdus
Speciessapiensfamiliarismigratorius

Part III The Great Classifier - Carl von Linne Or "Linnaeus"

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