Five Kingdom Classification

Species is the lowest basic category

Species is the lowest basic category. Members of the same species can normally interbreed among themselves and produce fertile young ones. House cat i

The category levels of diversity

The category levels of diversity are species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom. Similar species form a genus, related genera form a fa

Linnaeus divided living organisms into Plantae

Linnaeus divided living organisms into Plantae and Animalia. This system was simple, but it could not properly place bacteria, fungi, and some unicell

Monera includes unicellular prokaryotic organisms

Monera includes unicellular prokaryotic organisms. They have no organized nucleus and lack membrane-bound organelles. Bacteria are a major example.

Protista includes unicellular eukaryotic organisms

Protista includes unicellular eukaryotic organisms. Some are autotrophic, like Chlamydomonas, and some are heterotrophic, like Euglena, Amoeba, and Pa