Order in Diversity (Classification)

Duration: 33

Year Published: 1962

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Emphasizing the relationships existing between all animals, explains the need for and the techniques utilized in taxonomy. Defines taxonomy and traces its history to Linnaeus. Likens the classification system to a mailing address and points out the fundamental characteristics upon which the phylogenetic tree is based. Explains binomial nomenclature. Lists ten phyla and reviews some criteria attributes of each. Concludes that animal classification depends upon many characteristics as: structure, behavior, blood protein, mechanisms of reproduction, and physiology.

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