Taxonomy

Taxonomy is a system of naming, defining, and classifying organisms based on shared characteristics founded by Carl Linnaeus, who developed binomial nomenclature. According to this system, organisms are grouped into taxa and these groups are then given a taxonomic rank; groups of a given rank can be assigned to a group of higher rank, thus creating a taxonomic hierarchy. The order of these ranks are as follows: - Domain - Kingdom, Subkingdom - Phlyum (or Division), Subphylum, Infraphylum - Superclass, Class, Subclass - Superorder, Order, Suborder, Infraorder - Superfamily, Family, Subfamily - Sometimes there's a rank called Tribe, which is on the same level as the rank Infrafamily, followed by Subtribe - Genus - Species