Anatomy and Physiology of Animals/Classification/Test Yourself Answers

1a) Re-write this scientific name for an animal correctly: trichosurus Vulpecula.


 * Trichosurus vulpecula or Trichosurus vulpecula

1b) Can you find out what this animal is?


 * The animal is a possum

2. Rearrange these groups from the biggest to the smallest:

a) cars | diesel cars | motor vehicles | my diesel Toyota | transportation
 * transportation | motor vehicles | cars | diesel cars | my diesel Toyota

b) class | species | phylum | genus | order | kingdom | family | breed
 * kingdom | phylum | class | order | family | genus | species | breed

3. Is a rabbit a rodent?


 * No – it is in the order Lagomorpha, not Rodentia. It is a lagomorph!