Example Taxonomy Table

Common Name Kingdom Phylum* Class Order Family Genus Species Domesticated Dog Animalia (animals) Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Canis C. familiaris Sugar Maple Plantae (plants) Magnoliophyta Rosidae Sapindales Aceraceae Acer A. saccharum Bread Mold Fungi (fungi) Zygomycota Zygomycetes Mucoralis Mucoraceae Rhizopus R. stolonifer Tuberculosis Bacterium Prokaryotae (bacteria) Firmicutes Actinobacteria Actinomycetales Mycobacteriaceae Mycobacterium M. tuberculosis Pond Alga Protoctista (algae, molds, protozoans) Chlorophyta Euconjugatae Zygnematalis Zygnemataceae Spirogyra S. crassa * In botanical nomenclature, "division" is used instead of "phylum." Note: Each category can contain a subcategory, i.e. Subclass, Suborder, Subfamily, Subgenus.