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Animalia Phylum Pangolin Numbat Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Class: Mammalia Order: Pholidota Order: Dasyuromorphia Family: Manidae Family: Myrmecobiidae Genus: Manus Genus: Myrmecobius Species: gigantea Species: fasciatus Tamandua Giant Anteater Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Order: Xenarthra Family: Myrmecophagidae Family: Myrmecophagidae Genus: Tamandua Genus: Myrmecophaga Species: mexicana Species: tridactyla 9-Banded Armadillo Aardwolf Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Class: Mammalia Order: Xenarthra Order: Carnivora Family: Dasypodidae Family: Hyaenidae Genus: Dasypus Genus: Proteles Species: novemcinctus Species: cristata Aardvark Echidna Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Class: Mammalia Order: Tubulidentata Order: Monotremata Family: Orycteropodidae Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Orycteropus Genus: Tachyglossus Species: afer Species: aculeatus Tuatara Sloth Bear Kingdom: Animalia Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Class: Mammalia Order: Sphenodontia Order: Carnivora Family: Sphenodontidae Family: Ursidae Genus: Sphenodon Genus: Ursus Species: guntheri Species: ursinus Taxonomy of Insect Eaters Name_________________________________________ 1) Draw out a taxonomic tree (family tree) of the insect eaters given you. Things grouped together are more closely related to things not grouped as closely together. To help with drawing the tree out by hand, follow these instructions: o Look at the kingdoms and count the number of different kingdoms you have. If they are all in the same kingdom, move on to the next level of classification. If not, then make a branch in the tree that is the same number of branches as the number that you just counted. o Look at the number of phyla. Count the number. If only 1 phylum (they are all in the same phylum) then move to next level. If there are more than one, this tells you have many branches to split the tree. o This process continues until you can label each item into its own unique place in the tree. Use your notes and information on classification to help answer these questions: 2) What is the scientific name of the tuatara? __________________________________________ For the pangolin? ______________________________________________________________ 3) Let’s say you discover a new species of anteater, what order will that be put into? ________________________________________ 4) In our insect eating animal tree, what two taxonomic levels stayed the same in all of the species you were asked to group: ________________________ and __________________________ 5) You are asked to give the full taxonomic listing of the seven taxonomic levels of the species Ursus americana. Based on your understanding of taxonomy and the animals you have just looked at and grouped, give the full seven level list for this species. Kingdom: ______________________________ Phylum: ______________________________ Class: ______________________________ Order: ______________________________ Family: ______________________________ Genus: ______________________________ Species: ______________________________ 6) If you studied the giant armadillo, what would likely be the name of the order that it would classified in: _______________________________________- What family would it likely be classified in?: _____________________________________ What species would it likely be most closely related to from the ones you already grouped: ________________________________________ What species would it likely be next most closely related to from the ones you grouped: ________________________________________ 7) Name the non-mammals in the group: What level of the taxonomic system do they all share together the same? __________________ 8) Here are the classification titles for a human being, in no particular order: sapiens, Hominidae, Chordata, Mammalia, Animalia, Homo, Primates Put these in correct order from the kingdom to the species: Kingdom: ______________________________ Phylum: ______________________________ Class: ______________________________ Order: ______________________________ Family: ______________________________ Genus: ______________________________ Species: ______________________________ .
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