1. Eight Major Taxonomic Ranks (Hierarchy of Biological Classification)
Life
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

2. Eukarya Domain (Protista Kingdom)

3. Protista Kingdom (Three Main Groups) also called Protozoans
Pseudopods
Cilia
Animal Like
Flagella
also called Protozoans
Sporozoans
One celled Algae
Plantlike
Multi-celled Algae
Slime Mold
Fungus-like
Water Mold

4. Eukarya Domain (Fungi Kingdom)
Mold
Mushroom
Lichen
Most fungi use spores to reproduce and need moist, warm places to grow.

5. Eukarya Domain (Plantae Kingdom)
Plants produce their food through photosynthesis.
Plant cells with visible chloroplasts.

6. Plantae Kingdom (Three Main Groups) Seedless and Seed Producing
Ferns
Gymnosperms
Vascular
Angiosperms
Most species are
single-celled
Green Algae
Mosses
Non-Vascular

7. Eukarya Domain (Animalia Kingdom)
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
95% of all animal species
3/4 of all animals are from the arthropod species
Fish have majority number of vertebrate species.

8. Animalia Kingdom (2 Major Phylums)
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Chordata
Fish
Arthropod
Mollusk
Worms
Reptiles
Birds
Amphibians
Cnidaria
Sponges
Mammals
Echinoderm

9. The word “animal” comes from the Latin word for “having breath.”
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10. Invertebrate Phylum (Major Classes)
insects
Arthropod
arachnids
snails
crustaceans
Mollusk
squid
segmented
clams
Worms
nematodes
starfish
flatworms
Echinoderm
sea urchin
coral
sand dollar
Cnidaria
jellyfish
Sponges
sea anenomes

11. Vertebrate Phylum (Major Classes) Tetrapoda (four legged) animals
*frogs
Amphibians
salamanders
cartilage (sharks/rays)
caecilian
Fish
crocodile
bony
Reptiles
*lizard/snake
turtle
monotremes
small
Mammals
marsupials
Birds
large (ostriche)
placentals
Tetrapoda (four legged) animals

12. All members have a cranium, a skull
Amphibians
Reptiles
Fish
Mammals
Birds

13. Mammal Class (Three Main Groups or Subclasses)
Lay eggs
Monotremes
Pouched
Marsupials
Placenta developed
from fetus
Placentals
Every young mammal is fed with milk produced in its mother’s body.

15. Mammal Class (Placental Subclass)
largest orders
Rodent
Bats
prosimian
Primate
simian
Shrews
Feliformia
Carnivora
Caniformia
whales
even-toed
Cetacea
Ungulates
dolphins
odd-toed
porpoises

16. Mammal Class (Placental Subclass)
Placenta is an organ in pregnant female mammals that helps to feed the offspring during gestation, before birth.

17. Placental Subclass (Primate Order)
Lemurs
Galagos
Monkeys
Apes
Gibbons
Human
Tarsiers
Simian
Prosimian

18. Hominidae Family (Homo sapien Species)
Homosapien means “wise man” or “knowing man.”
Have highly developed brains capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving.
Adept at self-expression, exchange ideas, and organization.
Create complex social structures with variety of values, social norms, and rituals.

19. Hominidae Family (Homo sapien Species) (cont)
Only species known to build fires, cook their food, clothe themselves, and use numerous other technologies.
Capable of full bipedal location.
Human brain is more intelligent than any other species.