traxonomy

binomial nomenclature

Carolus Linnaeus developed a two-word naming system called binomial nomenclature. in binomial nomenclature, each species is assigned a two-part scientific name. each scientific name is written in italic.

genus

a group of similar species

taxa

biologists often refer to these groups as taxa

systematics

in addition to naming organisms, biologists also tries to organize, classify, living things into larger groups that have biological meaning. THE SCIENCE OF NAMING AND GROUPING ORGANISMS IS CALLED SYSTEMATICS.

Linnaeus classification system: 7 hierarchy taxa

kingdom all multi cellular animals GENERAL phylum-classes are grouped into a phylum ( organisms that shares different but important characteristics class-similar orders order-closely related families family- several genera that share similarities are grouped into a larger category genus- a group of similar species species- a group of individuals capable of interbreeding SPECIFIC

first part of the name

the first part of the name is the GENUS to which the organism belongs to.

second part of the name

the unique to each species- generally defined as a group of individuals capable of interbreeding.