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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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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Metatheria (marsupial mammals)-
Order Diprotodontia (kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives)
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Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums and cuscuses)
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Superfamily Phalangeroidea (brushtail possums, cuscuses, and pygmy possums)
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Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums)
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Genus Cercartetus (pygmy possums)
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Species Cercartetus caudatus (long-tailed pygmy possum) -
Species Cercartetus concinnus (western pygmy possum)
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Species Cercartetus lepidus (Tasmanian pygmy possum)
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Species Cercartetus nanus (eastern pygmy possum)
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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.
