| system |
Vitae - living organisms
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| domain |
Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells
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| superregnum |
Unikonta
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| system |
Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987
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| kingdom |
Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
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| subregnum |
Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
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| divisio |
Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
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| subdivisio |
Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
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| phylum |
Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
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| subphylum |
Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
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| infraphylum |
Gnathostomata Zittel, 1879 - jawed vertebrates
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| superclassis |
Tetrapoda Gaffney, 1979 - four-limbed vertebrates
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| class |
Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
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| subclass |
Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
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| infraclass |
Eutheria Thomas Henry Huxley, 1880
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| superorder |
Afrotheria Stanhope et al., 1998
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| order |
Proboscidea Illiger, 1811 - elephants
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| superfamily |
Elephantoidea Gray, 1821
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| family |
Elephantidae Gray, 1821 - elephants
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| subfamily |
Elephantinae Gray, 1821
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| tribus |
Elephantini Gray, 1821
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| subtribus |
Loxodontina
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| genus |
Loxodonta Cuvier & Geoffroy Sant-Hilaire, 1825 - African Elephants
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| species |
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797) - African Bush Elephant
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