Practice with Binomial Nomenclature

A. Differentiating between genus and species ; Place all of the genus classification levels in
the left box and all of the species classification levels in the right box.

pneumoniae
Genus Species
Staphylococcus

pyogenes

coli

Escherichia

Streptococcus

chrysogenum

Penicillium

1. How do you know the difference between genus and species?

2. Which classification level is MORE specific and LESS broad?

B. Practice writing scientific names; change the following microbial names to make them
scientifically correct according to binomial nomenclature.

1. staphylococcus epidermis:

2. Salmonella Typhi:

3. Clostridium botulinum:

4. yersinia Pestis:

5. VIBRIO cholerae:
Reading a Classification Table Practice
 
The table below shows the complete classification of several species of animals. Use the table to answer the
questions that follow.
 
Organism House Red Fox Dog Wolf Gopher Fly
  cat          
 
Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia
             
Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata Arthropoda
             
Class Mammalia Mammalia Mammali Mammalia Mammalia Insecta
      a      
 
Order Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Rodentia Diptera
             
Family Felidae Canidae Canidae Canidae Geomyidae Muscidae
             
Genus Felis Vulpes Canis Canis Thomomys Musca
             
Species domesticus fulva familiaris lupus bottae domestica
             
 
1.  What is the scientific name for the house cat?                          
 
2.  What is the scientific name for the gopher?                          
 
3.  What is the scientific name for the red fox?                          
 
4.  What kind of animal is Vulpes velox? How do you know?                          
 
5. What is the complete classification of Vulpes fulva?                          

 
6. What is the complete classification of Vulpes velox?                          

 
7.   If an animal is in the genus Musca, what CLASS would it have to be in?                          
 
8.  If an animal is in the family Canidae, what ORDER would it have to be in?  What CLASS?                          
 
 
9.  From the table, which two animals are most closely related? Explain.                          
 
 
10.  At what classification level does the evolutionary relationship between gophers and house cats diverge?        

11.  How does the table indicate that a dog is more closely related to a red fox than to a house cat?