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Complete human taxonomy

Name all taxonomic ranks that humans are contained in.
Not including controversal clades or clades with all extinct members but the crown group
Some given characteristics may have been lost by descendants
Characteristics in red are based on genetic similarities
Quiz by KevinTheCat
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Last updated: January 17, 2024
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LIFE
mya
UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC
DOMAIN
Archaea
3420
methionine as protein catalyst
Superphylum
Asgard
2000?
ubiquitin regulators
DOMAIN
Eukaryota
1700
nucliec cells
Supergroup
Amorphea
1500
triple-gene fusion
Clade
Obazoa
1400
regular cell shape
Opisthokonta
1300
cell filaments
Holozoa
1070
non-osmotrophic
Filozoa
782
actin protein bundles
Choanozoa
760
collar cells
KINGDOM
Animalia
665
multi-celled
Clade
Bilateria
560
two-side symmetry
Nephrozoa
558
specialized excretory organs
Superphylum
Deuterostomia
540
anus forms before mouth
PHYLUM
Chordata
525
enostyle/thyroid and notochord
Clade
Olfactores
518
respiratory system
Subphylum
Vertebrata
518
backboned
Infraphylum
Gnathostomata
439
jawed
Superclass
Osteichthyes
425
true bones
Clade
Sarcopterygii
419
fleshy fins
Rhipidistia
416
lungs
Superclass
Tetrapoda
358
independent digits and limbs
Clade
Amniota
323
three fetal membranes
CLASS
Mammalia
225
milk producing
Subclass
Theria
150
non-egg laying
Infraclass
Placentalia
120
self-discriptive
Magnorder
Boreoeutheria
100
scrotum
Superorder
Euarchontoglires
90
excludes canivores, shrews, ect
Grandorder
Euarchonta
88
excludes rodents & hares
Mirorder
Primatomorpha
80
excludes tree shrews
ORDER
Primates
66
highly social behavior
Suborder
Haplorhini
63
upper lip disconected from nose
Infraorder
Simiiformes
40
small incisors and eyes
Parvorder
Catarrhini
37
downward facing nostrils
Superfamily
Hominoidea
23
lack of a tail
FAMILY
Hominidae
17
tool use
Subfamily
Homininae
13
bipedal movement
Tribe
Hominini
8
low sexual dimorphism
GENUS
Homo
3
large and complex brains
SPECIES
Homo sapiens
0.3
complex language and culture
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Level 75
Dec 7, 2023
Amazing quiz. Much better than my version. Love the level of detail you included
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Level 67
Dec 7, 2023
Thank you! Although I did leave out a lot of rankings that were listed on Wikipedia because they weren't mentioned beyond just being on a graph.
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Level 67
Jan 9, 2024
Update: removed a lot of redundant and controversial clades (see caveat) because I though it just cluttered it too much. Also added more ancestors :0 (because of modern classification stuff). Also did some consmetic tweeks to make it smaller and more approachable.