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  2. List of animal classes - Wikipedia

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    There are 107 classes of animals in 33 phyla in this list. However, different sources give different numbers of classes and phyla. For example, Protura, Diplura, and Collembola are often considered to be the three orders in the class Entognatha. This list should by no means be considered complete and authoritative and should be used carefully.

  3. Taxonomic rank - Wikipedia

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    Taxonomic rank is a classification level in biological taxonomy, such as species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.

  4. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    He not only introduced the standard of class, order, genus, and species, but also made it possible to identify plants and animals from his book, by using the smaller parts of the flower (known as the Linnaean system). [51] Plant and animal taxonomists regard Linnaeus' work as the "starting point" for valid names (at 1753 and 1758 respectively ...

  5. Linnaean taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    The 1735 classification of animals. Only in the Animal Kingdom is the higher taxonomy of Linnaeus still more or less recognizable and some of these names are still in use, but usually not quite for the same groups. He divided the Animal Kingdom into six classes. In the tenth edition, of 1758, these were: Classis 1. Mammalia (mammals) Classis 2 ...

  6. Lists of animals - Wikipedia

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    Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs.

  7. Category:Animals - Wikipedia

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    Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia. This category includes animals, their study , and their classification . Subcategories

  8. File:An introduction to the classification of animals (IA ...

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    No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed). ... An introduction to the classification of animals: Author: Huxley, Thomas ...

  9. Kingdom (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The classification of living things into animals and plants is an ancient one. Aristotle (384–322 BC) classified animal species in his History of Animals , while his pupil Theophrastus ( c. 371 – c. 287 BC ) wrote a parallel work, the Historia Plantarum , on plants.