Zoological Collections - Taxonomy

• Archaea
  • prokaryotic cells
  • reproduce asexually
  • often found in abnormal conditions
  • live without oxygen = methanobacterium
  • in the three-domain system, one of the domains, comprising organisms formerly known as archaebacteria and placed in a kingdom of that name
• Bacteria
  
  • prokaryotic cells
  • reproduce sexually or asexually
  • cause disease = cyanobacteria
• Eukarya
  • eukaryotic cells
  • the domain comprising all eukaryotes. These forms the kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi and Protoctista

• Protista (algae, slime moulds, protozoa)
• Fungi (mushrooms, ringworm, yeast, moulds)
• Plantae (trees, flowers, grasses)
• Animalia (animals)
  • multicellular organisms that develop from embryos

• Porifera (sponges [mostly marine])
  • a phylum of aquatic Animalia, most of which are marine. They lack definite tissues and organs, but have a filter-feeding system composed of flagellate cells, pores and canals.
• Cnidaria (jellyfish and anemones)
  • a phylum that comprises the sea anemones, jellyfish and corals, and which is known from the late Precambrian.
• Platyhelminths (flatworms)
  • A phylum of acoelomate, triploblastic, dorsoventrally flattened, bilaterally symmetrical worms in which the internal organs are well developed and metameric segmentation is absent.
• Annelida (segmented worms)
  • a phylum of coelomate worms that have a definite head and good metameric segmentation. 
• Mollusca ('muscular foot' snails, shellfish, octopuses)
• Arthropoda (exoskeleton - crabs, crayfish, lobster)
  • a highly diverse phylum
• Chordata (vertebrates, spine)

• Agnatha
  • jawless fish
  • lamprey, hagfish
• Chondrichthyes
  • cartilage fish
  • sharks and rays
• Osteichthyes
  • bony fish
  • perch
• Amphibia
  • salamanders, toads, frogs
• Reptilia
  • lizards and snakes
• Aves
• Mammalia

For Mammalia - 

• Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
  • the even-toed ungulates, an order of mammals that includes the camels, pigs, and ruminants, together with numerous extinct varieties. They are the most successful of the hoofed mammals.
• Carnivora (meat eaters)
  • An order that comprises the modern carnivorous placental mammals and their immediate ancestors
• Cetacea (whales and porpoise)
  • An order that comprises the one extinct and two extant suborders of whales
  • a cetacean: a whale, dolphin or porpoise
• Chiroptera (bats)
  • an order that comprises the only true flying mammals, possessing features parallel to those of birds
• Dermoptera (flying lemurs)
  • an order which comprises the family Cynocephalidae and a number of extinct forms. They are herbivorous possessing a patagium, and are the most highly developed of all mammalian gliding forms.
    

• Edentata (toothless mammals)
  • a former order comprising the anteaters, tree sloths, armadillos, pangolins, and aardvarks, all of which lack incisors and have molars that are poorly developed or absent, edentate means toothless.
• Hyracoidea (hyrax)
  • an order that contains the single family Procaviidae (conies, dassies, hyraxes)
• Insectivora (moles, shrew, hedgehogs)
  • an order, once recognised, that included the ancestors of all eutherian mammals, nowadays grouped into four orders: Proteutheria, Scandentia (tree shrews), Macroscelidae (elephant shrews), Lipotyphla (living hedgehogs, shrews and moles)
• Lagomorpha (hares and rabbits)
  • an order that comprises the families Eurymylidae (extinct forms), Ochotonidae (pikas), and Leporidae (rabbits, cottontails and hares). Diverged from primitive eutherian stock.
    
• Marsupialia (marsupials)
  • includes all marsupials. There are about 250 species of living marsupials and many extinct forms.

• Pinnipedia (seals and walrus)
  • the name was formerly given to a supposed suborder of Carnivora. It comprises the families Otarridae (sea lions), Odobenidae (walrus), and Phocidae (seals), together with their immediate ancestors.
• Primates (monkeys, apes and lemurs)
  • an order of mammals that have adapted to arboreal life and in some forms secondarily to life on the ground
    
• Proboscidae (elephants)
  • An order that comprises elephants and their extinct relatives, and is divided into four suborders. 
• Rodentia (squirrel and chipmunks, hamsters, rats)
  • an order of herbivorous or scavenging mammals in which the incisors are reduced to one pair in each jaw. Their teeth grow continually. 
• Sirenia (manatees and dugongs)
  • An order of herbivorous ungulates that have adapted to a fully aquatic life.
• Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
  • an order comprising the monospecific family Orycteropodidae (Orycteropus afer, or the aardvark.

For primates families include:

• Daubentoniidae (aye-aye)
• Cheirogaleidae (dwarf lemurs0
• Lemuridae (lemurs)

• Lowland Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
• Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
• Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
• Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
• Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)
• Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
• Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus)
• Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)
• Orca (Orcinus orca)
• Jird (Meriones)
• Sulcata Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
• Rhea (Rhea americana)
• Peacock (Pavo cristatus)
• Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
• European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)