| | Animal Classification--Animals lesson plan (grades K-5)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Discuss the example with the class, bringing out the idea that each subsequent level of classification eliminates animals that could be included in the previous level. |
| | To make this point, have students give examples of several mammals (the class Mammalia) and then tell which ones are eliminated by the description of rodents (the order Rodentia); have them name several rodents and then tell which rodents are eliminated by the description of the genus Tamiasciurus; and so on. |
| | Thus, the scientific name for the brown squirrel is Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. |
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