The Animal Kingdom

(Metazoa)
Kingdom Metazoa (Animals)
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Porifera [Sponges]
Placozoa
Cnidaria [Jellyfish & Corals]
Ctenophora [Comb Jellys]
Acoelomorpha
Platyhelminthes [Flatworms]
Mesozoa
Nemertea [Ribbonworms]
Gnathostomulida
Micrognathozoa
Rotifera
Acanthocephala [Spiny-Headed Worms]
Cycliophora
Gastrotricha
Entoprocta
Ectoprocta [Bryozoa]
Brachiopoda [Lampshells]
Phoronida
Mollusca [Molluscs]
Annelida [Segmented Worms]
Echiura [Spoonworms]
Sipuncula [Peanut Worms]
Nematoda [Roundworms]
Nematomorpha [Horsehair Worms]
Kinorhyncha
Priapulida
Loricifera
Onycophora [Velvet Worms]
Tardigrada [Water Bears]
Arthropoda [Arthropods]
Subphylum: Trilobita
Subphylum: Chelicerata

Class: Merostomata (horshoe crabs)

Class: Pycnogonida (sea spiders)
Class: Arachnida (spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks)

Subphylum: Crustacea
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Branchiopoda (tadpole shrimp, water fleas, brine shrimp, fairy shrimp)

Maxillipoda (seed shrimp, copepods, fish lice, barnacles)
Malacostraca (shrimp, crabs, lobsters, crayfish, pill bugs, amphipods,)
Remipedia
Cephalocarida
Pentastomida (tongue worms)

Subphylum: Uniramia
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Chilopoda (centipedes)
Diplopoda (millipedes)
Pauropoda
Symphyla
Insecta
Order: Protura
Order: Diplura
Order: Collembola (springtails, snowfleas)
Order: Thysanura (silverfish, bristletails)
Order: Ephemeroptera (mayflies)
Order: Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies)
Order: Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers, walking sticks, praying mantis)
Order: Dermaptera (earwigs)
Order: Plecoptera (stoneflies)
Order: Isoptera (termites)
Order: Embioptera (webspinners)
Order: Psocoptera (book lice, bark lice)
Order: Zoraptera
Order: Mallophata (biting lice
Order: Anoplura (sucking lice)
Order: Thysanoptera (thrips)
Order: Hemiptera (true bugs; squash bugs, chinch bugs, stink bugs)
Order: Homoptera (cicadas, aphids, scale insects, leafhoppers)
Order: Neuroptera (dobsonflies, at lios, lacewings)
Order: Coleoptera (beetles, fireflies, weevils)
Order: Strepsiptera

Ziser, 2008

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Mecoptera (scorpionflies)
Lepidoptera (butterflies, skippers, moths)
Diptera (true flies; fruit flies, house flies, mosquitoes, crane flies)
Trichoptera (caddisflies)
Siphonaptera (fleas)
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, hornets)

Chaetognatha [Arrowworms]
Echinodermata [Echinoderms]
Hemichordata [Acornworms]
Chordata [Chordates]
Subphylum: Urochordata
Subphylum: Cephalochordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata

invertebrates
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Class: Agnatha
Class: Chondrichthyes
vertebrates
Class: Osteichthyes
Class: Amphibia
Class: Reptilia
Class: Aves
Class: Mammalia
Order: Marsupialia (opossums)
Order: Insectivora (shrews and moles)
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
Order: Edentata (armadillos)
Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares
Order: Rodentia (rats, mice, squirrels, gophers, beavers)
Order: Cetacea (whales and dolphins)
Order: Carnivora (dogs, bears, raccoons, skunks, cats)
Order: Pinnipedia (sea lions, walruses)
Order: Sirenia (manatees, sea cows)
Order: Artiodactyla (deer, bison, cows, pigs, goats)
Order: Perissodactyla (horses, donkeys)
Order: Primates (lemurs, monkeys, gorillas, baboons, humans)
Suborder: Prosimii (lemurs, bush babies, tarsiers, lorises)
Suborder: Anthropoidea
Superfamily: Ceboidea (new world monkeys)
Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea (old world monkeys)
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hylobatidae (gibbons)
Family: Pongidae (apes, chimpanzees, gorillas)
Family: Hominidae
Genus: Australopithecus
Genus: Homo
Species: Homo habilis
Species: Homo erectus
Species: Homo sapiens (humans)
Subspecies: Homo sapiens neanderthalis
Subspecies: Homo sapiens sapiens (modern humans)