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Mammalogy Intro
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Zoology
Undergraduate 3
02/15/2016

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Term
Morphological definition of species
Definition
Group of individuals that are morphologically, physiologically or biochemically distinct in some important characteristic
Term
Biological definition of species
Definition
Group of individuals that can breed among themselves in the wild and not able to breed with other groups
Term
Phylogenetic definition of species
Definition
The smallest diagnosable cluster of individual organisms within which there is a parental pattern of ancestry and descent
Term
Who uses the morphological definition of species?
Definition
Taxonomists
Term
Who uses the biological definition of species?
Definition
Evolutionary biologists
Term
What is taxonomy?
Definition
The science of classifying living things
Term
Name the levels of the Classification System [remember, Kinky People Come Over For Good Sex]
Definition
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species—binomial nomenclature (e.g. Homo sapiens), species and subspecies names are always either underlined or in italics
Subspecies—trinomial nomenclature (e.g. Lepus californicus deserticola)
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