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1	Classifying Living Things
2	Why Do We Classify? Allows us to keep track of the 3 to 10 million different living things on Earth Classification: The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary relationships or physical appearance The Science of classifying is called “Taxonomy” People have been classifying for nearly 2,000 years
3	Scientific Naming Carolus Linnaeus Developed systems for naming species and organizing them into groups Named over 4000 plants & animals Used appearance to group species “Father of Taxonomy” Used binomial nomenclature
4	"What is Binomial Nomenclature" What is Binomial Nomenclature? “Binomial” = two-name “Nomenclature” = naming system Language: Latin Ex: common house cat – Felis domesticus Mountain lion, puma, cougar – Felis concolor Bobcat – Felis rufus Genus species Always capitalized always lower-case Both are always italicized Genus and species are the most specific levels of organization
5	There are 7 levels of classification that describe a species Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae Ursus maritimus Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species