1 / 6

Classification of the Horse

Classification of the Horse. Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Perissodactyla (non-ruminant, hoofed mammals) Family: Equidae

sonel
Download Presentation

Classification of the Horse

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Classification of the Horse Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Perissodactyla (non-ruminant, hoofed mammals) Family: Equidae Genus: Equus (horses, asses, and zebras) Species: caballus (longer mane and tail, larger hoofs, more arched neck, smaller head, shorter ears)

  2. Classification of Cattle Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Bovidae (ruminants with poly-cotyledonary placenta) Genus: Bos (ruminant quadrupeds with horns, etc..) Species: taurus (European) & inducus (humped cattle)

  3. Classification of the Sheep Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Bovidae (ruminants with poly-cotyledonary placenta) Genus: Ovis (Horns: lateral spiral) Species: aries (domesticated sheep)

  4. Classification of Swine Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Suidae (non-ruminant, wild and domestic) Genus: Sus (European wild boar, domestic breeds) Species: scrofa (European) & vittatus (East Indian)

  5. Classification of the Chicken Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Genus: Gallus Species: domesticus

  6. Classification of the Turkey Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Meleagrididae Genus: Meleagris Species: gallopavo

More Related