#taxonomy notes

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Clymene Dolphin Classification

Kingdom = Animalia

Phylum = Chordata

Class = Mammalia

Order = Artiodactyla

Infraorder = Cetacea

Family = Delphinidae

Genus = Stenella

Species = S. clymene

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Taxonomy and Classification

-- seven categories

-- from broadest to most specific:      1. kingdom      2. phylum      3. class      4. order      5. family      6. genus      7. species

-- autotrophs are produces

-- heterotrophs are consumers

-- the endosymbiotic theory says eukaryotic cells came from a symbiotic partnership of prokaryotic cells

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Red Wolf Classification

Kingdom = Animalia

Phylum = Chordata

Class = Mammalia

Order = Carnivora

Family = Canidae

Genus = Canis

Species = C. rufus

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Divisions of Vertebrates

Myxini -- hagfish

Petromyzontida -- lampreys

Chondrichthyes -- sharks -- rays -- chimaeras

Actinopterygii -- ray-finned fishes

Actinistia -- coelacanths

Dipnoi -- lungfishes

Tetrapoda -- amphibians -- reptiles -- mammals

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