ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION AND NAMES
KINGDOM.
 SUB-KINGDOM.
  PHYLUM.
   SUBPHYLUM.
    CLASS.
     SUBCLASS.
      SUPERORDER.
       ORDER.
        SUBORDER.
         INFRAORDER.
          FAMILY.
           SUBFAMILY.
            TRIBE.
             GENUS.
              SUBGENUS.
               SPECIES.
                SUBSPECIES.


CLASSIFICATION.


THE ARRANGEMENT OF ALL LIVING ORGANISMS INTO AN ORDERED SERIES OF NAMED AND
RELATED GROUPS. CLASSIFY. EACH KIND OF ANIMAL HAS TWO LATIN NAMES:THE FIRST IS
ITS GENERICNAME (THE NAME OF ITS GENUS),THE SECOND ITS SPECIFIC NAME
(THE NAME OF ITS SPECIES).
THE LATIN NAMES MAY APPEAR CUMBERSOME BUT THEY ARE STANDARD THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD. COMMON NAMES NOT ONLY VARY LOCALLY,BUT FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY AND
ONE NAME COULD MEAN SOMETHING ENTIRLY DIFFERENT FROM AREA TO AREA.
THE SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF THE ANIMALS AND THEIR SPELLING FOLLOW THE INTERNATIONAL
RULES FOR THE ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE AS AGREED UPON BY THE XV INTERNATIONAL
CONGRESS FOR ZOOLOGY AND ARE OBLIGATORY FOR ALL ZOOLOGICAL PUBLICATIONS.
WORD ENDINGS AND THEIR MEANINGS
-ini A SUFFIX TO INDICATE A TRIBE OF ANIMALS
-IDAE A SUFFIX TO INDICATE A FAMILY OF ANIMALS
-INAE A SUFFIX TO INDICATE A SUBFAMILY OF ANIMALS
-OIDEA A SUFFIX TO INDICATE A SUPERFAMILY OF ANIMALS.

               
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