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What did Aristotle’s classification system group animals by?
A
color
B
where they lived
C
cell type
D
ancestral relationships
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He further classified animals by where they lived (land, sea, and air.) Aristotle further classified animals as ‘with blood’ and ‘without blood’. Animals with blood were divided into live-bearing (humans and mammals), and egg-bearing (birds and fish).

Detailed explanation-2: -He divided the animals into two types: those with blood, and those without blood (or at least without red blood). These distinctions correspond closely to our distinction between vertebrates and invertebrates.

Detailed explanation-3: -Currently, animals are classified on the basis of habitat as terrestrial animals which live on the land, aquatic animals which live on the water, and aerial animals which can fly.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Museum’s Rare Book Collection includes a Latin translation of Aristotle’s De historia animalium in this book from 1513. Aristotle’s De historia animalium divided animals into those with and without blood-roughly corresponding to modern categories of vertebrates and invertebrates.

Detailed explanation-5: -Therefore, the five kingdom classification are; Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.

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