[Evolution]
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The Animal Kingdom
A table of the classification of the animal kingdom.This table lists PHYLUM, CLASS, and ORDER. The number of species is approximate.
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| PHYLUM | CLASS | ORDER | Examples |
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| Single Celled Animals 30,000 | Flagellates | ||
| Sarcodines | Amoebas | ||
| Spore Formers | the Malaria parasite | ||
| Ciliates | |||
| Sponges 5,000 | Calcareous Sponges | ||
| Glass Sponges | |||
| Horny Sponges | the bath sponge | ||
| Mesozoans 50 | |||
| Coelenterates | Hydroids 2,700 | ||
| Jellyfish 200 | |||
| Sea Anemones and Corals 6,500 | |||
| Comb Jellies 100 | |||
| Flatworms | Free Living Flatworms 1,600 | ||
| Flukes 2,400 | |||
| Tapeworms 1,500 | |||
| Ribbon Worms 750 | |||
| Aschelminths | Rotifers 1,500 | ||
| Gastrotrichs 175 | |||
| Kinorhynchs 100 | |||
| Priapulids 8 | |||
| Horsehair Worms 225 | |||
| Roundworms 10,000 | |||
| Entoprocts 60 | |||
| Thorney Headed Worms 300 | |||
| Phoronid Worms 15 | |||
| Moss Animals 4,000 | |||
| Lamp Shells 260 | |||
| Molluscs | Monoplacophorans 2 | ||
| Chitons 1,150 | |||
| Limpets, Snails and Slugs 35,000 | |||
| Tusk Shells 200 | |||
| Bivalve Molluscs 8,000 | Mussels | ||
| Squids, Cuttlefish and Octopuses 700 | Nautilus | ||
| Peanut Worms 250 | |||
| Echiuroid Worms 60 | |||
| Segmented Worms | Bristleworms 4,000 | ||
| Earthworms 2,500 | |||
| Leeches 300 | |||
| Tongue Worms 70 | |||
| Water Bears 180 | |||
| Sea Spiders 500 | |||
| Arthropods | Crustacians Cephalocarids 4 |
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| Crustacians Branchiopods 1,200 |
Brine Shrimp | ||
| Crustacians Mussel Shrimps 20,000 |
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| Crustacians Copepods 4,500 |
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| Crustacians Mystacocarids 3 |
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| Crustacians Fish Lice 75 |
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| Crustacians Barnacles 800 |
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| Crustacians Prawns, Crabs and Woodlice 18,000 |
Shrimps, Lobsters | ||
| King Crabs 5 | |||
| Arachnids | Scorpions 600 | ||
| Pseudoscorpions 1,100 | |||
| Camel Spiders 570 | |||
| Microwhip Scorpions 21 | |||
| Whip Scorpions 105 | |||
| Amblypygids 50 | |||
| Spiders 20,000 | |||
| Ricinuleids 15 | |||
| Daddy Long Legs 2,400 | |||
| Mites and Ticks 10,000 | |||
| Velvet Worms 120 | |||
| Pauropods 60 | |||
| Millipedes 8,000 | |||
| Centipedes 2,000 | |||
| Symphylans 120 | |||
| Springtails 1,100 | |||
| Two Pronged Bristletails 400 | |||
| Proturans 45 | |||
| Three Pronged Bristletails 350 | Silverfish | ||
| Insects | Mayflies 1,300 | ||
| Dragonflies and Damselflies 4,500 | |||
| Notopterans 6 | |||
| Stoneflies 1,300 | |||
| Web Spinners 150 | |||
| Cockroaches 3,500 | |||
| Mantids 1,800 | Praying Mantis | ||
| Termites 1,900 | |||
| Zorapterans 16 | |||
| Grasshoppers, Crickets and Locusts 10,000 | |||
| Stick Insects and Leaf Insects 2,000 | |||
| Earwigs 900 | |||
| Book Lice 1,000 | |||
| Bird Lice 2,600 | |||
| Sucking Lice 250 | Human Typhus Louse | ||
| Thrips 5,000 | |||
| Bugs 55,000 | Aphids | ||
| Lacewings and Ant Lions 4,000 | |||
| Alderflies 500 | |||
| Snakeflies 80 | |||
| Beetles 300,000 | |||
| Strepsipterans 300 | |||
| Scorpionflies 300 | |||
| Caddisflies 3,500 | |||
| Zeuglopterans 100 | |||
| Butterflies and Moths 120,000 | |||
| True Flies 75,000 | House Fly, Fruit Fly, Daddy Longlegs, Mosquitos | ||
| Fleas 1,800 | Black Death Flea | ||
| Ants, Bees and Wasps 100,000 | Hornets | ||
| Arrow Worms 50 | |||
| Beard Bearers 80 | |||
| Echinoderms | Starfish 1,600 | ||
| Brittle Stars 2,000 | |||
| Sea Urchins 800 | |||
| Sea Cucumbers 900 | |||
| Sea Lilies 80 | |||
| Hemichordates | Acorn Worms 70 | ||
| Pterobranchs 20 | |||
| Chordates Tunicates |
Sea Squirts 1,200 | ||
| Salps 30 | |||
| Larvaceans 30 | |||
| Chordates Lancelets 20 |
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| Chordates Vertebrates |
Jawless Fish | Hagfish and Lampreys 45 | |
| Cartilaginous Fish Sharks and Rays |
Sharks 200 | Dogfish | |
| Skates and Rays 350 | Manta Ray | ||
| Cartilaginous Fish Chimaeras |
Chimaeras 25 | Rat Fish | |
| Bony Fish Fleshy Finned Fish |
Coelacanth 1 | Coelacanth | |
| Lungfish 5 | |||
| Bony Fish Ray Finned Fish |
Bichirs 12 | ||
| Sturgeons 22 | |||
| Garpikes 7 | |||
| Bowfin 1 | |||
| Tarpons 12 | |||
| Eels 300 | |||
| Spiny Eels 20 | |||
| Herrings 350 | |||
| Bony Tongues 16 | Arapaima | ||
| Mormyrids and Gymnarchids 150 | Elephant Snout Fish | ||
| Salmon and Pike 500 | |||
| Lantern Fish 300 | |||
| Macristid 1 | |||
| Milk Fish 15 | |||
| Carps and Characins 350 | Electric Eel | ||
| Catfish 200 | |||
| Sand Rollers and Pirate Perches 10 | |||
| Toadfish 10 | |||
| Clingfish 100 | |||
| Angler Fish 150 | |||
| Codfish 450 | Atlantic Cod | ||
| Squirrel Fish 150 | |||
| Flying Fish and Killifish 600 | |||
| John Dory 60 | |||
| Moonfish 50 | |||
| Sticklebacks and Sea Horses 150 | |||
| Snakeheads 5 | |||
| Swamp Eels and Cuchias 7 | |||
| Flying Gurnards 6 | |||
| Scorpionfish and Gurnards 700 | |||
| Dragonfish and Sea Moths 4 | |||
| Perches 6,500 | Mackeral, Remora | ||
| Flatfish 500 | Plaice, Sole, Turbots | ||
| Triggerfish and Pufferfish 250 | |||
| Amphibians | Legless Amphibians 167 | ||
| Newts and Salamanders 302 | |||
| Frogs and Toads 3,000 | |||
| Reptiles | Turtles and Tortoises 213 | ||
| Tuatara 1 | Tuatara | ||
| Lizards and Snakes 4,400 | Geckos, Iguanas, Chameleons, Slow Worm, Gila Monster, Komodo Dragon, Pythons, Adders, Cobras, Grass Snake | ||
| Crocodiles and Alligators 21 | Cayman | ||
| Birds | Kiwis 3 | ||
| Ostrich 1 | |||
| Rheas 2 | |||
| Cassowaries and Emus 4 | |||
| Tinamous 50 | |||
| Grebes 21 | |||
| Loons 5 | |||
| Penguins 18 | |||
| Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels 71 | |||
| Pelicans 59 | Tropic Birds, Cormorants, Shags, Gannets, Boobies, Frigate Birds | ||
| Herons, Storks and Flamingoes 120 | Ibises, Spoonbills | ||
| Screamers and Ducks 148 | Swans, Geese | ||
| Eagles, Hawks and Vultures 270 | Condors, Osprey, Falcons | ||
| Game Birds and Hoatzin 251 | Grouse, Fowl, Partridge, Turkeys | ||
| Cranes 197 | Quails, Moorhens, Coots, Bustards | ||
| Waders, Gulls and Auks 294 | Jacanas, Oyster Catchers, Plovers, Sanpipers, Gulls, Terns | ||
| Pigeons 305 | |||
| Parrots 315 | Parakeets, Cockatoos, Macaws, Lories | ||
| Cuckoos and Turacos 147 | |||
| Owls 130 | |||
| Frogmouths and Nightjars 94 | Oilbird | ||
| Swifts and Hummingbirds 387 | |||
| Trogons 35 | Quetzal | ||
| Colies 6 | |||
| Kingfishers and Hornbills 190 | Kookaburras, Bee Eaters | ||
| Woodpeckers, Barbets and Toucans 400 | |||
| Passerines 4,932 | Flycatchers, Lyrebirds, Larks, Swallows, Martins, Drongos, Crows, Magpies, Jays, Birds of Paradise, Tits, Wrens, Mockingbirds, Thrushes, Starlings, Honey Eaters, Warblers, Tanagers, Finches, Sparrows | ||
| Mammals Monotremes (Egg Laying Mammals) |
Platypoda 1 | Duck-billed Platypus | |
| Tachyglossids 4 | Echidna | ||
| Mammals Marsupials (Pouched Mammals) |
Didelphimorphs 93 | Opossums | |
| Paucituberculs 6 | Shrew Opossums | ||
| Microbiother 1 | Monito del Monte | ||
| Dasyuromorphs 71 | Numbat, Quolls, Tasmanian Devil | ||
| Peramelemorphs 24 | Bandicoots, Bilbies | ||
| Notoryctemorphs 2 | Marsupial Moles | ||
| Diprotodonts 137 | Wombats, Kangaroos, Koalas, Possums, Gliders | ||
| Mammals Eutheria (Placental Mammals) |
Macroscelids 16 | Elephant Shrews | |
| Afrosoricids 51 | Golden Moles, Tenrecs | ||
| Tubulidents 1 | Aardvark | ||
| Proboscids 3 | African Elephant, Indian Elephant | ||
| Hyracoids 4 | Dassies, Hyraxes | ||
| Sirenia 4 | Manatees (Sea Cows), Dougongs | ||
| Cinguls 20 | Armadilos | ||
| Pilosa 10 | Anteaters, Sloths | ||
| Scandents 20 | Tree Shrews | ||
| Dermoptera 2 | Colugos | ||
| Primates 350 | Lemurs, Bush Babies, Marmosets, Tamarins, Monkeys, Apes, Man | ||
| Lagomorphs 90 | Pikas, Hares and Rabbits | ||
| Rodents 2,277 | Squirrels, Gophers, Beaver, Hampsters, Lemmings, Voles, Rats, Mice, Dormice, Jerboas, Porcupines, Guinea Pigs, Capybara, Agoutis, Viscachas, Chinchillas | ||
| Eulipotyphla 300 | Shrews, Moles, Hedgehogs | ||
| Artiodactyls (Even-toed Hoofed Mammals) 220 | Pigs, Peccaries, Hippopotamuses, Camels, Deer, Sheep, Goats, Antelopes, Cattle, Giraffes | ||
| Cetaceans 88 | Dolphins, Porpoises, Killer Whale, Blue Whale | ||
| Chiroptera 1,240 | Bats | ||
| Perissodactyls (Odd Toed Hoofed Mammals) 15 | Tapirs, Rhinoceroses, Horses, Asses, Zebras | ||
| Pholidota 8 | Pangolins (Scaly Anteaters) | ||
| Carnivora 280 | Cats , Civets, Dogs , Weasils, Mink, Skunk, Mongoose, Badger, Otter, Bears, Pandas, Racoons, Coatis, Walrus, Sea Lions, Seals |
Note that in the USA the word bug is used as a generic term for insects and arachnids.
Many people are not familiar with all these species of the animal kingdom, and may prefer to stay focused on their Blue Buffalo dogs and cats. Blue Buffalo pet owners may know a great deal about dog and cat breeds, but they may not realize that different breeds are not considered sub-species.