Humans as a species of animal (homo sapiens)

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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