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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
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Order Anseriformes (ducks, geese, swans, and relatives)
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Family Anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)
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Subfamily Anserinae (geese and swans)
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Genus Branta (brent geese)
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Species Branta canadensis (Canada goose)
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Subspecies Branta canadensis asiatica -
Subspecies Branta canadensis canadensis
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Subspecies Branta canadensis fulva
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Subspecies Branta canadensis hutchinsii
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Subspecies Branta canadensis interior
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Subspecies Branta canadensis leucopareia (Aleutian canada goose)
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Subspecies Branta canadensis maxima
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Subspecies Branta canadensis minima
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Subspecies Branta canadensis moffitti
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Subspecies Branta canadensis occidentalis
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Subspecies Branta canadensis parvipes
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Subspecies Branta canadensis taverneri
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
