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    Taxonomy is the branch of biology that involves classifying organisms into hierarchical groups based on similar characteristics. Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature for consistently naming organisms using their genus and species. Taxonomic identification involves comparing an unknown organism's traits to known species classifications to determine where it belongs in the taxonomic hierarchy, which includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Modern classification systems have expanded on Linnaeus' work, with some dividing organisms into three domains and five or six kingdoms.

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    Taxonomy is the branch of biology that involves classifying organisms into hierarchical groups based on similar characteristics. Carl Linnaeus developed the system of binomial nomenclature for consistently naming organisms using their genus and species. Taxonomic identification involves comparing an unknown organism's traits to known species classifications to determine where it belongs in the taxonomic hierarchy, which includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. Modern classification systems have expanded on Linnaeus' work, with some dividing organisms into three domains and five or six kingdoms.

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    TAXONOMY

    branch of biology which literally means "arrangement law" is the


    science of naming and classifying organisms to classification
    systems with each organism placed into more and more
    inclusive groupings

    History of Taxonomy
    Taxonomy, which derives from the Greek words "taxis" (arrangement)
    and "-nomia" (method), is the scientific study of identifying, defining,
    circumscribing, and classifying groups of biological species based on
    similar features. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, is recognized as
    the father of taxonomy since he developed a ranked system known as
    Linnaean taxonomy for categorizing organisms and binomial
    nomenclature for naming each type of organism a genus and species.

    Binomial Nomeclature
    Binomial nomenclature is a biological method for naming organisms in
    which the name is made up of two terms, the first of which indicates the
    genus and the second the species of the organism. Carl Linnaeus' naming
    system contributes to a universal and consistent method of identifying and
    communicating about organisms.

    Taxonomic Identification
    Is the recognition of an organism's identity or essential quality,
    which necessitates knowledge of the morphology of the species in
    issue and, as a result, relies on technical terminology. It entails
    comparing the characteristics of an unknown organism to those of
    known species in a taxonomic classification system in order to
    establish its position within that system.

    Biological
    Classification Hierarchy of Biological
    It is the process of classifying Classification
    living and extinct organisms
    Scientific Name of SPECIES Animalia
    into groups based on
    Philippine Eagle : GENUS Chordata
    common traits. Linnaeus used
    Pithecophaga Jefferyi FAMILY Aves
    this method to classify almost
    ORDER Accipitriformes
    4,000 species. Based on their
    appearance, he divided CLASS Acciptridae

    creatures into seven classes. PHYLUM Pithecophaga

    Organisms are categorized into KINGDOM Jefferyi

    kingdoms, phyla, and classes.


    Classifications include order, family, genus, and species. The
    highest rank is Kingdom and the lowest rank is Species.

    Advances in
    Taxonomy
    5-Kingdom Scheme
    This system classifies organisms that are divided into five groups
    Systema Naturae based on cell structure, mode of nutrition, thallus organization,
    Linnaean System phylogenetic relationships, and reproduction. Monera, protista,
    The Origin of Species fungi, plantae, and animalis are examples of kingdom
    Tree of Life classifications. The five-kingdom classification scheme was
    Speciation and Taxonomic suggested by Robert Whittaker in 1969.

    3-Interrelated Parts of
    Taxonomy 3-Domain Scheme
    CLASSIFICATION Carl Woese devised the three-domain classification
    - Arrangement into system in 1977, and it was completely adopted in 1990.
    groups This approach divides creatures into three domains and
    NOMENCLATURE six kingdoms. Archaea, Bacteria, and
    - Assignment of Names Eukarya are the three domains classified.

    IDENTIFICATION Several taxonomic ranks


    - Determining Identity were created by Linnaeus,
    but the domain rank—
    3 Domain System which is a very recent
    development—was not one
    EUBACTERIA
    of them. In 1990, more than
    250 years after Linnaeus
    - Gram positives, Gram negative, Spirochetes, created his categorization
    Cyanobacteria system in 1735, the term
    "domain" was first used.
    ARCHEA The three-domain
    - Methanogens, Halophiles, Thermoacidophiles approach for
    categorization was
    EUCARYA created after that.
    - Protista, Animalia, Fungi, Plantae

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