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Homo sapiens is the scientific name for human beings. In the field of taxonomy, every biological organism belongs to a scientific classification based on shared characteristics. The image below shows (the simplest version of) the taxonomic ranks.
I won't explain each of these (and especially not the nuances once we diverge into suborders and subfamilies) but the scientific classification for humans looks like this:
Table 1: Taxonomic Rank of Humans.
| Classification | Human |
|---|---|
| Domain | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Primates |
| Family | Hominidae |
| Genus | Homo |
| Species | H. sapiens |
To use another example, you know how we often refers to cats as felines? This is because the scientific species name for the domestic house cat is Faelis catus, that belongs to the Felinae sub-family of the Felidae family. Other animals that we refer to as big cats, such as lions (Panthera leo) and tigers (Panthera tigris), fall under similar classifications to house cats. These two animals share a genus (Panthera), however they also belong to the Felidae family just like cats! If you are then to compare this to Table 1 above you'll also see that cats, lions, and tigers belong to the same class (mammalia) as humans too.
Table 2: Taxonomic Rank of Cats, Lions, and Tigers.
| Classification | Cat | Lion | Tiger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Eukaryote | Eukaryote | Eukaryote |
| Kingdom | Animalia | Animalia | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata | Chordata | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia | Mammalia | Mammalia |
| Order | Carnivora | Carnivora | Carnivora |
| Family | Felidae | Felidae | Felidae |
| Genus | Faelis | Panthera | Panthera |
| Species | F. catus | P. leo | P. tigris |
TL;DR: In taxonomy, every biological organism on earth is given a classification based on their shared characteristics and their scientific names are derived from this. Homo sapiens is the species name for human beings.
...yes, I am procrastinating from work. I'm supposed to be reading through testing data for A. castellanii right now. That is a parasite belonging to the Acanthamoeba genus.
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save it for the umbrella corporation you work forHomo sapiens is the scientific name for human beings. In the field of taxonomy, every biological organism belongs to a scientific classification based on shared characteristics. The image below shows (the simplest version of) the taxonomic ranks.
Domain is the broadest, with every biological organism on earth fitting into one of three domains: archaea, bacteria, or eukaryota. Humans fall under eukaryota because we have eukaryotic cells: this means that our cells have a membrane-encased nucleus. The nucleus is the part of the cell that contains all of our genetic information. (Almost) every organism that falls under the eukaroyta domain would then be divided again into one of three kingdoms: animalia, fungi, and plantae. Humans have animal cells - we know this because we don't have chloroplasts (present in plant cells) or chitin (present in fungi cells). It is actually a bit more complicated than that, but let's not get into that.
I won't explain each of these (and especially not the nuances once we diverge into suborders and subfamilies) but the scientific classification for humans looks like this:
Table 1: Taxonomic Rank of Humans.
Classification Human Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Primates Family Hominidae Genus Homo Species H. sapiens
To use another example, you know how we often refers to cats as felines? This is because the scientific species name for the domestic house cat is Faelis catus, that belongs to the Felinae sub-family of the Felidae family. Other animals that we refer to as big cats, such as lions (Panthera leo) and tigers (Panthera tigris), fall under similar classifications to house cats. These two animals share a genus (Panthera), however they also belong to the Felidae family just like cats! If you are then to compare this to Table 1 above you'll also see that cats, lions, and tigers belong to the same class (mammalia) as humans too.
Table 2: Taxonomic Rank of Cats, Lions, and Tigers.
Classification Cat Lion Tiger Domain Eukaryote Eukaryote Eukaryote Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata Class Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Order Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Family Felidae Felidae Felidae Genus Faelis Panthera Panthera Species F. catus P. leo P. tigris
TL;DR: In taxonomy, every biological organism on earth is given a classification based on their shared characteristics and their scientific names are derived from this. Homo sapiens is the species name for human beings.
...yes, I am procrastinating from work. I'm supposed to be reading through testing data for A. castellanii right now. That is a parasite belonging to the Acanthamoeba genus.
tessa grace
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guys!! we are so dry, where's the action? as for me, i got out of school and right after spent just over a week in florida with my family. (we're boarding home soon, our flight is at 4) it was a needed break from not only tbt but just everything in my life and im ready to be active again, anyways everyone have a lovely afternoon
also all mods where are the pride collectibles
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King koopa
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There is no action becauseguys!! we are so dry, where's the action? as for me, i got out of school and right after spent just over a week in florida with my family. (we're boarding home soon, our flight is at 4) it was a needed break from not only tbt but just everything in my life and im ready to be active again, anyways everyone have a lovely afternoon
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also all mods where are the pride collectibles
It's the basement
tessa grace
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are you ok
King koopa
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Yes but not much is going on in my life so i don't talk here as much anymore and I'm assuming the same for everyone else because the thread is almost never bumped
1 more day of school left yay! And we get to do whatever we want
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Well what can we do? It's not like we can make a spam chatthis thread used to be way more active and have a lot of spam so it's definitely not as bad for the mods as it used to be but it's also not as fun either
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