1. Classification of Agricultural Animals

2. Organisms Identified, grouped, and classified
More effectively study and communicate about them
Plants and animals are classified or grouped together by characteristics they have in common

3. They may be characterized by
The uses people make of them
Physical characteristics
Other categories used to put similar animals together

4. Classification Several ways of classifying agricultural animals
Agricultural animals have been domesticated for some type of human use
These animals have been developed into breeds having distinctive characteristics and distinctive uses

5. Scientific Classification
Binomial nomenclature: Giving two names in Latin
System developed by Swedish Botonist named Linnaeus

6. Binomial Nomenclature
Genus: First name, always capitalized
Species: Second name, always lowercase
Both are underlined!

7. Latin
Was used because at the time, it was the international language of scholars
Many languages of the world were based on Latin.

8. Example Cattle: Bos taurus Pigs: Sus scrofa Horses: Equus caballus
Sheep: Ovis aries
Dogs: Canis familiaris

9. Common Names Are often confusing
Different organisms can have similar or the same common name
Different parts of the country may have different common names for the same animal.

10. Scientific Classification
Orderly and systematic approach to identification
Broad groups of animals are classified together in categories of common characteristics

11. Scientific Classification
Each group is then broken down further into smaller categories
Process is repeated until the groups cannot be categorized into smaller groups.

12. Seven Levels of Classification
Kingdom- largest
Phyla
Class
Order
Family

13. Seven Levels of Classification
Genus
Species- smallest

14. Kingdoms Animalia: all multicelled animals
Plantae: multicellular plants that produce chlorophyll through photosynthesis

15. Kingdoms Monera: bacteria and blue-green algae
Protista: paramecia and amoebae
Fungi: mushrooms and other fungi

16. Kingdom
The Kingdom animalia includes all animals ranging from a tiny gnat to huge whales. Because of this diversity we have to further subdivide into phyla.

17. Phyla The primary divisions of the kingdom Animalia
The kingdom animalia is divided into twenty-seven phyla.

18. Phyla
The word phyla comes from the Greek word phulon meaning race or kind
Several phyla are divided into subphyla
Most agricultural animals belong to the phylum Chordata

19. Phyla Chordata is divided into subphylas
Vertebrata – animals with backbones

20. Classes The phyla and subphyla are further divided into classes.
Agricultural animals such as horses, cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs belong to the class Mammalia.

21. Classes Amphibia: frogs, toads Reptilia: turtles, snakes, lizards
Aves: birds
Mammalia: horses, cattle, pigs

22. Orders
Classes are divided into smaller groups that categorize animals within a class that possess certain characteristics called orders.

23. Order The class Mammalia contains eighteen different orders including
Primates – humans
Artiodactyla – cows, goats, sheep, pigs

24. Artiodactyla Suiformes: pigs, hippopotami
The order Artiodactyla have three suborders.
Suiformes: pigs, hippopotami

25. Artiodactyla
Tylopoda: camels, llamas
Ruminantia: deer, cattle, sheep

26. Families
Orders and suborders still have to be broken down smaller. These are called families.

27. Genus and Species
The final categories of the scientific classification system are genus and species.

28. Genus and Species
The Genus and Species are also an animal’s scientific name.
These are always Latin or latinized

29. Classification of Breeds
A breed of animals is defined as a group of animals with a common ancestry and common characteristics that breed true.

30. Classification of Breeds
Breeding true: means that the offspring will almost always look like the parents

31. Selective Breeding
Choosing the best and desired animals and using those animals for breeding purposes.

32. Purebreds
These are animals whose ancestors are of only one breed.

33. Breed Associations
An organization that promotes a certain breed of animal. They control the registration process of purebred animals of that breed.

34. Blood Typing
Not only physical characteristics are used in breed identification.
Blood typing is analyzing and animals blood to determine their history.

35. Crossbreeding
Sometimes species can be successfully crossed to produce new breeds.

36. Example
One of the first successful breeds: Santa Gertrudis, which a cross between Shorthorn breed of cattle with the Brahman breed of cattle.

37. Classification According to Use
Meat Animals
Work Animals

38. Classification of Horses
Cutting horses: used to heard and work cattle
Draft Breeds: used to pull wagons and heavy loads

39. Classification of Horses
Harness Horses: used for pulling sulkies or light carriages

40. Dual-Purpose Animals
An animal that is raised for more than one purpose.

41. Examples Cows and Calves Sheep
Camels (in the desert of the Middle East)