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The current taxonomic system now has eight levels in its hierarchy, from lowest to highest, they are: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain.
The name at each level is also called a taxon.
The Taxonomy of Dogs image has the hierarchy upside down. Species is at the top and the Kingdon is at the bottom
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Read the dog image, what do the creatures in the Phylum Chordata have in common?

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Read the dog image, what do the creatures in the Class Mammalia have in common?

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Read the dog image, what do the creatures in the Order Carnivora have in common?

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Read the dog image, what do the creatures in the Family Canidae have in common?

Scientists generally refer to an organism only by its genus and species, which is its two-word scientific name, in what is called binomial nomenclature. Each species has a unique binomial to allow for proper identification.
What is the binomial nomenclature for the dog?
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Canis lupus
Felis domesticus
Domestic Dog
Based on what you know about binomial nomenclature which of the following is most closely related to the species Ursus maritimus?
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Canis lupus
Macaca mulatta
Ursus arctos