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Taxonomy, Classification . . . and some phylogeny too! Some definitions Phylogeny: evolutionary history of a species or group of species Taxonomy: discipline of naming and classifying organisms Systematics: discipline that involves classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships Cladistics: an approach to systematics in which common ancestry is a criterion for grouping organisms Domain (recent addition) Kingdom (on its way out?) Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Hierarchical Classification Binomial Nomenclature – Linnaeus: based on structures Dumb Kids Prefer Cok