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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 Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Strigiformes (owls)
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Family Strigidae (typical owls)
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Genus Otus (scops-owls and screech-owls)-
Species Otus choliba (tropical screech owl)-
Subspecies Otus choliba choliba
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Subspecies Otus choliba crucigerus
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Subspecies Otus choliba decussatus
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Subspecies Otus choliba duidae
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Subspecies Otus choliba luctisonus
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Subspecies Otus choliba margaritae
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Subspecies Otus choliba suturutus
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Subspecies Otus choliba uruguaiensis
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Subspecies Otus choliba wetmorei
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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.
