Saturday, January 15, 2011

Biodiversity

Order of Complexity-
Human
Sparkey
Pheobe
Moth
Earthworm
Peaplant

-Linnaeus
-binomial nomenclature = two name naming system
-Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
Kingdom- Plantae (one species)
and
Animalia
and
Fungi
and
Protista- 1 plant like unicelluar
- 2 plant like multicelluar
- 3 Fungi like
- 4 Animal like

Archabacteria and eubacteria

Species- all individual can breed and produce viable offspring (offspring can reproduce)
Canis familiaris (dog) Felis domesticus

Canis lupus Canis latrans

Homo sapiens (human) Lynx rufus (bobcat)
|
Kingdom- animalia
phylum- chordata
sub-phylum- vertebrata
class- mamalia
order- primate
family- hominidae
genus- homo
species- sapiens

Linneaus divided these species into groups using only physical characteristics.

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