1. Classification By the way… This guy is awesome

2. Carolous Linneaus The Swede This is one of the most intelligent minds of all time Botanist Zoologist Physicist Mr. O’Connor is my hero!

3. Question: Besides mating, how can you tell apart/identify a species?

4. Well… He looked at morphological features. That means physical Examples: Color Size Paw/claw shape gait Skeletal development

5. Linneaus Became the father of taxonomy and binomial nomenclature Taxonomy: the science of naming species NOT the same as TAXODERMY

6. Overall classifying sections Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Less specific More specific More species Less species

7. Example Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Abert Squirrel Coral Snake Sea Star Kingdom Animalia Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Abert Squirrel Coral Snake Phylum Chordata

8. Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Abert Squirrel Class Mammalia Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Abert Squirrel Coral Snake

9. Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Abert Squirrel Class Mammalia Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Order Carnivora

10. Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Red Fox Order Carnivora Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Family Ursidae

11. Grizzly bear Black bear Giant Panda Family Ursidae Grizzly bear Black bear Genus Ursus

12. Grizzly bear Black bear Genus Ursus Grizzly bear Species Ursus arctos

13. So…. How do you write a species name Ursus arctos Whole species: Italicized 1 st word: Genus name 2 nd word: specific species name