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classification - Coggle Diagram
classification
taxonomic group hierarchy
order
family
class
genus
phylum
species
kingdom
fungi
plantae
protoctista
animalia
prokaryotae
archaebacteria
eubacteria
binomial nomenclature (linnaeus)
the names can also tell you whether organisms are of the same species or genus (whether they are related)
written in latin (italics/underline)
a way that everyone can understand what is meant by the names
captial letter for Genus name, lower case for species name
organisms belong to the same species if:
able to breed together and produce fertile young
occupy the same ecological niche (where they live and what they do there)
they are similar to each other and different from members of other species
reasons for classification
predict characteristics
find evolutionary links
identify species
domain
eukarya
bacteria
archaea