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Animals are classified from largest to smallest in the order: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The animal kingdom contains all animals, and the phylum is further divided into phylums such as Chordata (vertebrates) and Arthropoda (insects, crabs). The class includes mammals, birds, etc., and the order is Primates and Carnivora.

Animals by Scientific Class Names

The scientific names of animals are named and classified using the binomial nomenclature system of biology. This system is based on a series of hierarchical structures, from the broadest to the most specific, including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. The following is the general structure of the scientific names of animals:

ClassnameExample
KingdomAnimaliaHomo sapiens、Canis lupus familiaris
PhylumChordataBalaenoptera musculus、Aves
ClassMammaliaPanthera tigris、whale
OrderPrimatesGorilla gorilla、Macaca mulatta
FamilyHominidaeHomo sapiens、Gorilla
GenusHomoHomo sapiens、Homo neanderthalensis
SpeciesHomo sapiensModern humans only

This classification method helps biologists clearly understand and study the relationship between species, and promotes various biological studies.

Centrochelys sulcata

Centrochelys sulcata

Sulcata tortoise, Sulcata tortoise, African spurred tortoise, spurred tortoise, hairy-clawed tortoise

The Sulcata tortoise is a tortoise reptile that lives on land. It originally···

Chelonia mydas

Chelonia mydas

green sea turtle,Green turtle, blue turtle, stone turtle, tsio̍h-ku,ku-piah,ku-phi̍ah

Turtles are one of the oldest animals on Earth. These creatures have existed···

Chlamydosaurus kingii

Chlamydosaurus kingii

Frilled lizard, cloaked lizard, frilled lizard, Australian cloaked lizard, pleated lizard, wrinkled lizard

伞蜥来自新几内亚南部和澳大利亚北部沿海地区,是一种知名度极高的中大型蜥蜴,在···

Varanus salvator

Varanus salvator

Water monitor, marsh monitor, five-clawed golden dragon, four-legged snake, round-nosed monitor

Speaking of the nickname of the water monitor lizard, everyone is familiar w···

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Chamaeleo calyptratus

Veiled chameleon

The veiled chameleon is native to Central Asia, such as Saudi Arabia and Yem···

Morelia bredli

Morelia bredli

carpet python, felt python, central python

All pythons are non-venomous, and carpet pythons are no exception.Carpet pyt···

Shinisaurus crocodilurus

Shinisaurus crocodilurus

Crocodile lizard, water gecko, Yaoshan crocodile lizard, big sleeping snake, wood sleeping fish, drowned dog

Between 1928 and 1929, the biology department of Sun Yat-sen University went···

Tomistoma schlegelii

Tomistoma schlegelii

Malayan alligator, Malayan crocodile

The Malayan crocodile looks very similar to the Ganges crocodile (Gavialis g···

Varanus exanthematicus

Varanus exanthematicus

Grassland monitor lizard, plains monitor lizard

The plain monitor lizard is docile and not too big; it rarely has problems w···

Calotes versicolor

Calotes versicolor

Chameleon, horsehair snake, cockscomb snake, four-legged snake

Ancient folklore says that if you are bitten by a crested snake, you will de···

Emperor Penguin

Emperor Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri

Emperor penguins mainly live in the sea. They hunt, swim and play in the wat···

Adélie penguin

Adélie penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae

The legs of the Adélie penguin are light pink and the soles of the feet are···

Pygoscelis papua

Pygoscelis papua

White-browed penguin, Gentleman penguin, Gentleman penguin

The Gentoo penguin walks on land with a shaky gait, and its long tail swings···

Pelecanidae

Pelecanidae

pelican, owl, taohe, gannet, bag goose, bag bird

Pelicans often live in groups in the wild. In addition to swimming, they spe···

Pygoscelis antarcticus

Pygoscelis antarcticus

chinstrap penguin, Police officer penguin, Antarctic penguin, chinstrap penguin, whiskered penguin, chinstrap penguin

As penguins that look like police officers, they are also very courageous an···

Aythya nyroca

Aythya nyroca

Ferruginous Duck,White-eyed Pochard,Ferruginous Pochard

As a male white-eyed pochard, it is born with a pair of bean-sized white eye···

Anas zonorhyncha

Anas zonorhyncha

Spot-billed duck, Valley duck, Yellow-billed duck, Fire duck, Chinese spot-billed duck, Chinese spot-billed duck, Oriental spot-billed duck,Anas zonorhyncha,Eastern Spot-billed Duck,Chinese Spot-bille

Spot-billed duck is also called valley duck, yellow-billed duck, and fire du···

Anser albifrons

Anser albifrons

Wild goose, spotted goose, bright spotted goose,Greater White-fronted,Goose White-fronted Goose

You can often see flocks of wild geese flying freely in the sky, sometimes i···

Anser indicus

Anser indicus

White-headed goose, Black-headed goose,Bar-headed Goose

Bar-headed geese - they are the highest flying birds in the world. At an alt···

Cygnus atratus

Cygnus atratus

Black Swan

In my country, swans are regarded as a symbol of beauty, auspiciousness, nob···

Tadorna ferruginea

Tadorna ferruginea

Yellow duck, yellow duck, duck, red goose,Ruddy Shelduck

There is a kind of "duck" that is slightly larger than a domestic ···

Aurelia aurita

Aurelia aurita

Moon jellyfish, UFO jellyfish, Moon jellyfish

Moon jellyfish feed on plankton such as mollusks, crustaceans, worms and cop···

Tursiops aduncus

Tursiops aduncus

Southern bottlenose dolphin, Southern bottlenose dolphin, Southern dolphin, Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, Eastern bottlenose dolphin

Cetacea LC

The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin has a short and thick beak that resemble···

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Lagenorhynchus obliquidens

Pacific spotted dolphin, sickle-finned dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin, slow-moving dolphin, Pacific striped dolphin, white-striped dolphin, Pacific white-sided dolphin

Cetacea LC

Pacific spotted dolphins are very active and expressive, creating large clou···

Arctocephalus australis

Arctocephalus australis

Sea lion, South American seal

The fur of the South American Fur seal is dark gray.Females and most immatur···

Odobenus rosmarus

Odobenus rosmarus

Walrus, Seahorse

Walrus, as the name suggests, is the elephant in the sea. It has a huge body···

Ursus arctos

Ursus arctos

Brown bear, Grizzly bear

Brown bears are sometimes called "bruin" from Middle English. The ···

Phoca largha

Phoca largha

Harbor seal, seal, fur seal, fur seal, western Pacific harbor seal

Sometimes they look out of the water, sometimes they dive for food, and some···

Polar Bear

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus,White bear, sea bear, ice bear

Polar bears are such good swimmers that they were once thought to be marine ···

Aonyx cinerea

Aonyx cinerea

Small-clawed otter, Oil otter, Oriental small-clawed otter

On October 10, 2016, a cute creature quickly became famous all over the worl···