1.3.SCIENCE Hierarchical Taxonomic System (copy)

Typological Species Concept

The concept of a species as a group whose members share certain characteristics that distinguish them from other species

Kingdom

•highest category or level

•cellular organization

•methods of nutrition

Phylum/Division

•similarities in badic body plan organization

Class

• a major taxonomic rank below phylum (or division)

Order

• more specific than class

Family

• belong to the same family;exhibit close resemblance

Genus

• usually made up of species

Species

• most specific unit of classification/basic unit of identification

Wolfdog

Is a canine profuced by the mating of a domesticated dog with wolf

Hybrids

refer to animals or plants resulting from a cross between two races, breeds, strains, or varieties of the same species

Biological Species Concept

Defines as species as members of populations that actually or potentially interbreed in nature, not according to similarity of appearance