Back in the 18th century, a Swedish man man named Carolus Linnaeus thought it was important to organise living things, and he developed a system to do just that. While scientists are constantly refining the system based o new knowledge we still use the essence of his system today.
Linnaeus's system has seven levels:
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Animal Diversity. Can you find two animals from the same genus?
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