Classification of Animals &
All Other Living Things

By Matt Baker email   Updated 15 Dec 2011

This chart shows the biological classification of animals, plants, and other living things into domains, kingdoms, phyla/divisions, classes, and orders. It is not meant to be comprehensive but does show most major groups.

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Bacteria Domain:


Archaea Domain:


Eukaryote Domain:

Protists


(amoebas, simple eukaryotes)



Classification of this group is debated

Fungus Kingdom


Zygomycota Phylum
(bread mold)

Ascomycota Phylum
(sac fungi, yeast)

Basidiomycota Phylum
(mushrooms)



Plant Kingdom


Chlorophyta Division
(green algae)

Bryophyta Division
(mosses)

Pterophyta Division
(ferns)

Conifer Division
(trees with cones)

Angiosperm Division
(flowering trees & plants)



Animal Kingdom


Poriferan Phylum
(sea sponges)

Cnidarian Phylum
(jellyfish, corals)

Mollusc Phylum

Gastropod Class (snails, slugs)

Cephalopod Class (squid, octopuses)

Bivalvian Class (clams, oysters)

Annelid Phylum
(segmented worms)



Arthopod Phylum

Arachnid Class
(spiders)

Malacostracan Class
(lobsters, crabs, shrimp)

Chilopodan Class
(centipedes)

Diplopodan Class
(millipedes)


Insect Class

Coleopteran
Order

(beetles)

Dipteran
Order

(flies)

Lepidopteran
Order
(moths,
butterflies)

Hymenopteran
Order

(ants, bees)

Hemipteran
Order

("true" bugs)

Dictyopteran
Order

(cockroaches)

Orthopteran
Order
(crickets,
grasshoppers)



Chordate Phylum

Chondrichthye Class
(sharks, cartilaginous fish)

Actinopterygii Class
(most fish)

Sarcopterygii Class
(lobe-finned fish)


Ancestor of all tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals)

Amphibian Class

Anuran Order
(frogs, toads)

Caudatan Order
(salamanders)


Reptile Class

Testudine Order
(turtles, tortoises)

Squamatan Order
(lizards, snakes)

Crocodile Order

Ornithischian Order
(bird-hipped dinosaurs)


*EXTINCT*

Saurischian Order
(all other dinosaurs)


*EXTINCT*
Ancestor of all birds


Avian (Bird) Class

Passeriforme
Order

(perching birds)

Psittaciforme
Order

(parrots)

Falconiforme
Order

(eagles, hawks)

Galliforme
Order
(turkey,
chickens)

Anseriforme
Order
(ducks,
geese, swans)

Strigiforme
Order

(owls)

Sphenisciforme
Order

(penguins)


Mammalian Class

Monotreme
Order

(platypuses)

Diprotodontian
Order

(kangaroos,
koalas)

Artiodactyl
Order

(hippoes, giraffes, deer, cows, pigs)

Carnivore
Order

(bears, dogs, cats, seals, walruses)

Cetacean
Order

(whales,
dolphins)

Chiropteran
Order

(bats)

Insectivore
Order

(moles, shrews)

Lagomorph
Order

(rabbits)

Perissodactyl
Order

(horses, rhinos)

Primate
Order
(lemurs
monkeys, apes,
humans)

Proboscidean
Order

(elephants)

Rodent
Order

(mice, rats,
squirrels)


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