ADW: Dendrocopos major: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and relatives)
        
        Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
        
        Genus Dendrocopos
        
        Species Dendrocopos major (great spotted woodpecker)
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major anglicus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major beicki
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major brevirostris
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major cabanisi
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major canariensis
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major candidus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major hainanus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major harterti
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major hispanus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major italiae
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major japonicus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major kamtschaticus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major major
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major mandarinus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major mauritanus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major numidus
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major paphlagoniae
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major parroti
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major pinetorum
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major poelzami
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major stresemanni
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major tenuirostris
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major thanneri
        
        Subspecies Dendrocopos major wulashanicus

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Dendrocopos majorgreat spotted woodpecker

Dendrocopos major
great spotted woodpecker