Examples of Classification
- Biological classification involves putting organisms into groups, or taxa (singular taxon)
- The taxa form a hierarchy
- A hierarchical system is one in which larger groups contain smaller groups with no overlap between groups
- The taxonomic hierarchy contains the following taxonomic groups in descending order of size:
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Phylum
- Class
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
Examples of classification
- The wolf, Canis lupus, is an example of an organism in the animal kingdom
- A wolf belongs to the following taxa
- Domain: Eukaryote
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Family: Canidae
- Genus: Canis
- Species: lupus
- A wolf belongs to the following taxa
- The flowering plant Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is an example of an organism in the plant kingdom
- It belongs to the following taxa
- Domain: Eukaryote
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Angiospermae
- Class: Dicotyledonae
- Order: Malvales
- Family: Malvaceae
- Genus: Hibiscus
- Species: rosa-sinensis
- It belongs to the following taxa
The Classification of the Wolf and the Hibiscus Plant Table