HIERARCHICAL TAXONOMIC

SYSTEM
 TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY

Sequence of categories in
increasing or decreasing order.
‘Taxonomy’
 Greek Word “taxis” meaning
arrangement or division
 “nomos” meaning method
 TAXONOMY
Branch of Biology
Process of
classifying different
living species
TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY
S
p
ec
ie
Genus
s
Family
Order
Class
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain
 DOMAIN
S
Superkingdom or p
ec

empire ie
s
Genus
 Archaea - single-
celled prokaryotic Family

organisms
Order
 Bacteria- prokaryotic
 Eukarya- eukaryotic Class

Phylum

Kingdom

Domain
 KINGDOM
S
Highest level of p
ec

classification ie
s
Genus
Divided into subgroups:
 Animalia (Animals) Family

 Protista (Eukaryotic and Order

unicellular)
Class
 Monera (Prokaryotic and
unicellular) Phylum

 Fungi (Multicellular and

Kingdom
eukaryotic)
 Plantae ( Plants) Domain
 PHYLUM
S
Next level of p
ec

classification ie
s
Genus
More specific than
Kingdom Family

Order

Class
- There are 35 phyla in
Kingdom Animalia. Phylum

Kingdom

Domain
 CLASS
S
p
ec
ie
s
Genus

Family

Kingdom Animalia Order

includes 108 classes.

Class

Phylum

Kingdom

Domain
 ORDER
S

More specific p
ec
ie
s

rank than
Genus

Family

class. Order

One or more Class

than one Phylum

similar Kingdom

families
Domain
 FAMILY
S

Various
p
ec
ie
s
Genus

genera Family

that share
Order

Class

a few Phylum

Kingdom

similarities Domain
 GENUS
S
Group of similar p
ec
ie

species s
Genus

Monotypic
Family

Polytypic
Order

Class

Phylum
Lion and Tiger are
placed under the
Kingdom

Genus Panthera. Domain

 SPECIES
S
Lowest level of p
ec
ie

taxonomic s
Genus

hierarchy Family

Refers to a group
Order

of organisms that
Class
are similar in
shape, form, Phylum

reproductive Kingdom

features. Domain
TAXONOMIC HIERARCHY
S
p
ec
ie
Genus
s
Family
Order
Class
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primata Hominidae Homo Sapiens