Name
Taxonomy Practice
Date
Block
Butterfly
Fish
Elephant
Lion
Fox
Wolf
Dog
1. What taxa do all of the animals have in
common? _______________________
2. What taxa do elephants, lions, foxes, wolves, and dogs have
in common? ___________________
3. Both wolves and dogs belong to the genus ________________.
4. Which organism has the specific epithet of lupis? ________________.
lupis
5. In which order would you find lions? ______________________.
6. A dog’s name using binomial nomenclature is Canis lupis.
What is the genus? ________
What is the specific epithet or species? ________________.
7. What is the lowest taxa in which dogs and fish are related? _______________
8. Elephants, lions, foxes, wolves, and dogs belong to the same ____________, Mammalia, but not to the same
Order _________________.
9. Why do scientists use a universally known system such as binomial nomenclature?