Question

What are the different criteria used to classify animals?

Answer 1

The Levels of Classification. Every organism can be classified at 7 different levels - kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genusand species. Each level contains organisms with similar characteristics. The kingdom is the largest group and very broad.

Answer 2

Dear Student,

◆ Classification of organisms -

Organisms are classified on the basis of -

• Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic cell
• Unicellular or Multicellular
• Cell wall present or absent
• Autotrophic or Heterotrophic nutrition
• Taxonomic hierarchy

* Most famous classification of organisms is Five kingdom classification by R. H. Whittaker.

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