CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The major ranks: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, applied to the red fox, Vulpes vulpes. The hierarchy of biological classification’s eight major taxonomic ranks.

Detailed explanation-2: -Levels of Classification. The classification system commonly used today is based on the Linnean system and has eight levels of taxa; from the most general to the most specific, these are domain, kingdom, phylum (plural, phyla), class, order, family, genus (plural, genera), and species.

Detailed explanation-3: -As we move down the levels of the classification of life, kingdoms are below domains. Each phylum is grouped into a kingdom, which is grouped into a domain.

Detailed explanation-4: -After kingdoms, the subsequent categories of increasing specificity are: phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Figure: Levels in taxonomic classification: At each sublevel in the taxonomic classification system, organisms become more similar.

Detailed explanation-5: -In this system of classification, kingdom is always ranked the highest followed by division, class, order, family, genus, and species.