Taxonomic OrderMade by:

Karan Kumar7-E

Significance of Classification Helps to systematically organise the

diversity of organisms.Helps to determine the relation

between organismsHelps to trace the possible origins of

organismsHelps to identify the great variety of

living things

What is Taxonomic order?One common way of

classifying living things is based in the Linnaeus System of classification which puts organisms into Taxonomic Groups that indicate their natural relationships.

Eight Taxonomic GroupsLiving things are

placed into the eight taxonomic groups: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species based on certain similarities

Diversity of HumansHumans

are a species of Homo Sapiens and are divided into the following:

DOMAIN

A domain is the top level grouping of organism. Organisms are classified according to cellular characteristics. Each domain consists of a number of kingdoms like plant and animal kingdom.

KINGDOMA kingdom is the

second level of grouping. A group of similar kingdom forms a domain. A kingdom contains one or more phylum.

Phylum

A phylum (division) is a taxonomic group of related or similar organisms. Each phylum consists of a number of classes.

Class

A class contains one or more orders. A group of similar classes forms a Division.

Order An order contains

one or more families like carnivore, omnivore etc. A group of similar orders forms a class.

 

Family  A family contains

one or more genera (plural of genus). A group of similar families forms an order.  

A family may be divided in subfamilies.

GenusThe genus is a grouping

of similar and closely related species.

The scientific name for man is ‘Homo sapiens’ which means ‘wise man.

Modern man belongs to genus Homo. The first part reflects the genus.

This system is used to name living thing.

SpeciesThe two part

naming system (mentioned in above section) is used to name living thing.

The second part of the name sapiens identifies the species.