Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Canis domesticus: Canis = genus, domesticus = species

Genus has an upper case 1st letter: Canis

Species has a lower case 1st letter: domesticus

Five kingdoms of living organism:

1. Kingdom Animalia - multicellular eukaryotes, heterotrophic nutrition, radial or bilateral symmetry

2. Kingdom Plantae – multicellular eukaryotes, cellulose cell walls

3.Kingdom Fungi – eukaryotes that reproduce by spore production

4. Kingdom Protoctista – e.g. amoeba

5. Kingdom Prokaryotae – no nucleus, circular DNA