Taxonomy

Taxonomic levels King Phillip (feeling divisive) classically ordered family genius to specialise (Kingdom, Phylum (division*), Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species) * Division is used instead of phylum for classifing plants, fungi and bacteria Note: Some levels also have sub-levels for further classification, e.g subphylum, subfamily, subgenus Whittakers system of 5 kingdoms Prokaryotae Monera, or bacteria Procure yachtie’s money Rachael, or go back to Rio Protoctista Algae, protozoans and slime moulds Pro talked his talk, ‘That Al guy on pro tour, zones in with slam holds’ Fungi Mushrooms, moulds and lichens Fun guy likens mueseli to mouldy mush Plantae Plants Animalia Animals Classification of the Human species In a King Dome rehearsal Of the ‘Carnival of the Animals’ Phil hums a muffled chord at A sub-philharmonic Verdi brat Who asks his classy Mamma later ‘Am I in order to pry, Mater - At his family home in Idaho Is each sound homogenised so He specialises in, say, pianissimo?'
 [Kingdom Animalia (animals) Phylum Chordata (chordates) Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates) Class Mammalia (mammals) Order Primates Family Hominida (hominids) Genus Homo Species sapiens]