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Animal classification. Animal Kingdom. Wildlife. Fauna

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Classification

Through a classification process, things are ordered, animals in this case, based on traits or characteristics they have in common. As regards the classification of animals, they do not constitute a single group.

In order to classify living beings conveniently, all zoos in the world have agreed to follow guidelines to define living beings. These rules are as follows:

Starting with the larger group, the animal kingdom, these are divided into smaller and smaller categories.

Each animal belongs to a type or phylum, a subtype, a class, a order, to a family and a species.

Classification example for men:

KINGDOM
Animals
FILO or TYPE
Ropes:
animals with spine.
CLASS
Mammals:
the young are fed through the breasts.
ORDER
Primates:
FAMILY
Hominids:
includes current and other missing men
GENDER
Homo:
man
SPECIE
Sapiens:
in Latin means you think.

Animal species

A species is a set of very similar living beings, capable of reproducing each other. Every species has a Latin name, composed of a generic and a specific name. Thus, the Latin name of man is Homo sapiens. The species tells us exactly what animal we are talking about.

Some examples of animals in Aragon

VERTEBRATES
TYPE: CORDADOS
CLASSORDERFAMILY SPECES
MAMMALS Rodents SpitSciurus vulgaris:Chipmunk
Marmota marmota: Groundhog
MuridRattus norvegicus: Common rat
CricketidsArvicola amphibius: Rata de agua
Carnivores FelidosFelis sylvestris: Wildcat
CanidsVulpes vulpes: Fox
MustelidsMartes martes: Martha
Martes foina: Garduña
Meles meles: Badger
Mustela erminea: Ermine
Mustela nivales: Weasel
Putoris putoris: Polecat
Lutra lutra: Otter
ÚrsidosUrsus arctos: Bear
Insectivorous TalpidsGalemys pirenaycus: Desman of the Pyrenees
DeafSorex minutus: Dwarf shrew
Ungulates
Artiodactyls
SuidosSus scrofa: Wild pig
DeerCervus elaphus: Common deer
Dama dama: Fallow deer
Capreolus capreolus: Roe dee
BóvidosRupricapra rupricapra: Suede or Rebeco
Capra pyrenaica: Mountain goat
Birds TetraónidosGallinaceaeTetrao urogallus: Capercaillie
AccipitiformesAccipitridae Aegypius monachus: Black Vulture
Gypaetus barbatus: Osprey
Gyps fulvus: Vulture
StrigiformesTitonsTyto alba: Barn owl
Aegolius funerus: Tengmalm owl
..Chersophilus dupontii: Dupont Lark
CiconiiformesCiconiidaeCiconia ciconia: Common stork
Amphibians UrodelosSalamandridosEuproctus asper: Pyrenean Triton
AnurosRánidosRana ridibunda: Common green frog
REPTILESQueloniosTestudínidosTestudo graeca: Blackberry turtle
FISHESOsteiciosSalmoniformesEsox lucius: Pike
INVERTEBRATES
TIPO: ARTROPODES
CLASEORDERFAMILYSPECIES
CRUSTACEANSDecapodsAstacidsA. pallipes: River crab
INSECTSLepidopteraPieridsPieris brassicae: Cabbage butterfly
ARACNIDOSMitesIsodidosKapar akain: Tick
CHILOPODOSMyriapodsScopedScolopendra cingulata: Scolopendra
TIPO: MOLLUSCS
CLASEORDERFAMILYSPECIES
GASTEROPODS.ArionidesArion ater: Common slug.
.HelicidsHelix aspersa: Common snail.
TYPE: ANELIDES
CLASEORDERFAMILYSPECIES
OLIGOQUETOSOpostoporosLumbrícidosLumbricus terrestris: earthworm


Other information about fauna in Aragón:

A small list of species in Aragon would be the following:

Vertebrates Invertebrates

Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fishes

Metazoans

Protozoa

   images about the fauna in Aragon.
   photographs on invertebrates.
   beneficial animals for agriculture.