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How do you classify a tiger?
How do you classify a tiger?
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Classification:
- A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types.
- Classification is a hypothesis regarding how organisms are related
Classification of Tiger (Panthera tigris):
Kingdom Animalia (animals) Phylum Chordata (vertebrates) Class Mammalia (mammals) Order Carnivora (carnivores) Suborder Feliformia (cat-like) Family Felidae (cats) Subfamily Pantherinae (big cats) Genus Panthera (big cats) Species Panthera tigris (tiger)
Classification:
- A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types.
- Classification is a hypothesis regarding how organisms are related
Classification of Tiger (Panthera tigris):
| Kingdom | Animalia (animals) |
| Phylum | Chordata (vertebrates) |
| Class | Mammalia (mammals) |
| Order | Carnivora (carnivores) |
| Suborder | Feliformia (cat-like) |
| Family | Felidae (cats) |
| Subfamily | Pantherinae (big cats) |
| Genus | Panthera (big cats) |
| Species | Panthera tigris (tiger) |
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