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The cow is Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae, Bos, taurus.
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The cow is Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae, Bos, taurus. The goat is Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Bovidae, Capra, hircus. How many levels do they share, counting from the kingdom downward? Name the last level that they share.
Need a reminder? The key ideaShow
The levels, from the largest: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. A scientific name has two parts: the genus, with a capital letter, and the species, with a small letter, in italics.
The worked solution
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Step 1. Compare. Kingdom, phylum, class, order and family are the same.
Step 2. The first difference. The genus: Bos and Capra.
Answer: levels; the last shared level is the family, Bovidae.
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