Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778

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Carolus Linnaeus 1707-1778

• He devised a system of grouping organisms into
  hierarchical categories based on physical
  characteristics, such as form or structure.
• The purpose is to categorize organisms so they
  can be identified and studied.

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• His classification system that was adopted by the
  scientific community in 1758. Like many modern
  filing systems, it begins by grouping living
  organisms into a few large aggregations first
  (the Kingdom level), and then subdividing the
  groups into ever-smaller units at each step or
  Taxonomic Level. The smallest level is the
  species level.
• World countries provinces counties..

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• The major classification levels,from largest
  group to smallest (several of these have
  subdivisions)
• KingdomPhylumClassOrderFamilyGenusSpecies
  binomial nomenclature comes from these two
  

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Classification Activity

• In groups arrange the following organisms into
  categories and sub-categories based on physical
  characteristics, behavior, or some other
  criteria.
• Each group will have to explain their
  classification system.
• Whale, bat, owl, alligator, beaver, Bluefin tuna,
  Yellowfin tuna, parrot, crocodile, mouse, Tiger
  shark, tiger, E. coli (bacteria), Salmonella
  (bacteria), Reef shark, Red oak (tree), English
  oak (tree), Red maple (tree)

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This is the scientific way to identify a
particular organismThe genus name is written
first (always Capitalized).The species name is
written second (never capitalized).Both words
are either italicized or underlined. Eg.. Homo
sapiens or Homo sapiens
Binomial Nomenclature