Classification: Finding Order in Diversity Page 510 - 515
Assigning Scientific Names Each scientific name MUST refer to one and only one species Common names are confusing Is it a puma? Panther? Mountain lion?
Binomial Nomenclature 1730s – Carolus Linnaeus developed two-word naming system Binomial Nomenclature = Genus + species Ursus arctos
What’s Your Name?? Pieza pi, Pieza rhea, Pieza kake Ittibium – small sea snails Ba humbugi – snail in Fiji Gelae baen, Gelae rol, Gelae fish, Gelae belae – beetles Spongiforma squarepantsii – mushroom Bracyurupuskkyodermatogammarus greivlingwmnemnotus – longest scientific name for an itty bitty brine shrimp
Classifying Species into Larger Groups Biologists try to organize (classify) living and fossil species into larger groups that have biological meaning Organisms in one group are more similar to one another than they are to organisms in other groups Science of naming and grouping organisms = systematics
Linnaean Classification System Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Linnaean Classification System Domain - Eukarya Kingdom - Animalia Phylum - Chordata Class - Mammalia Order - Artiodactyla Family - Camelidae Genus - Camelus Species – Camelus bactrianus
DKPCOFGS Mnemonics Easy way to remember the taxonomy is to make a jingle or saying out of the letters… Dumb King Phillip Came Over From Greece Singing Make your own!