Taxonomy
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Taxa: categories of classification singular: taxon

Species: binomial naming of organisms. Consists of species name and genus name

Genus: contains closely related animals

Family: Genera that share related features

Order: contains families with common features

Class: contains orders with common features

Phylum: (plural, phyla) classes with common features...the term Division is used with plants and fungi

5-Kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
6 Kingdoms: Kingdom monera is divided into Eubacteria and Archaebacteria


3 Domains: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya


Read p. 492 Systematics connects biological diversity to phylogeny





Figure 25.7 p. 493



Figure 25.8 p. 494

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