While modern taxonomists no longer use Linnaeus's precise system of
classification, they have retained important elements of his bionomial nomenclature.
A current taxonomical classification of human beings might look as follows:
Kingdom . . . .Animalia
Phylum . . . . .Chordata
Subphylum . .Vertebrata
Class . . . . . . Mammalia
Order . . . . . . Primates
Suborder . . . .Anthropoidea
Family . . . . . .Hominidae
Genus . . . . . . Homo
Species . . . . . sapiens
Subspecies . . .sapiens
(modified from Natural History by Richard Pimentel, 1963)
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