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Classification
Levels
Lion
Cheetah
Giant Panda Duck billed
Platypus
Pygmy
spotted
skunk
Domain
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Carnivora
Carnivora
Monotremata
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Felidae
Ursidae
Ornithorhynchidae
Mephitidae
Genus
Panthera
Acinonyx
Ailuropoda
Ornithorhynchus
Spilogale
Species
leo
jubatus
melanoleuca
anatinus
pygmaea
• What classification groups do all the
organisms in this chart have in common?
• In what two ways are the organisms in this
chart similar to a plant?
• Which organism in the chart is least similar
to the others? Explain.
• Which two species in the chart are most
similar to each other? Explain.
• Which organism in the chart is most
similar to a Eastern spotted skunk
(Spilogale putorius)? Explain.