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| The two word naming system of organisms developed by Linnaeus. First name starts with a capital letter and second is lower case. |
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| A group of closely related species (first part of binomial nomenclature, italic, capitalized) |
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| The science of naming and grouping organisms. |
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| A level of taxonomy which organisms are grouped. |
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| Genera that share many characteristics and is a larger category than genus. |
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| A taxon composed of closely related families. |
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| A taxon composed of similar orders like mammals. |
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| A taxon made up of several classes that are different but share characteristics like all may have nerve cords along their back. |
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| The largest of Linnaeus's taxon like all multicellular organisms are in the kingdom Animalia. |
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