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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 Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Carnivora (carnivores)
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Suborder Feliformia (feliform carnivores)-
Family Felidae (cats)
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Subfamily Felinae (small cats)
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Genus Acinonyx (cheetah)
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Genus Caracal (caracal) -
Genus Catopuma (Asiatic golden cat and bay cat)
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Genus Felis (small cats)
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Genus Leopardus (small American cats)
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Genus Leptailurus (serval)
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Genus Lynx (lynxes)
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Genus Prionailurus (Asian small cats)
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Genus Profelis (African golden cat)
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Genus Puma (puma and jaguarundi)
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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.
