I knew that there was a classification system for naming and grouping living things but since being at NIWA I have discovered a bit more about it. Each day I am dealing with the strange scientific names that are given to creatures. There are lots of rules associated with how names are given. The picture above shows the levels of the classification system. I could never remember the order but found this saying to help me : King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain. (Starting at the bottom this means - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)Thursday, March 4, 2010
Classification System
I knew that there was a classification system for naming and grouping living things but since being at NIWA I have discovered a bit more about it. Each day I am dealing with the strange scientific names that are given to creatures. There are lots of rules associated with how names are given. The picture above shows the levels of the classification system. I could never remember the order but found this saying to help me : King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain. (Starting at the bottom this means - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species)
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