PHYLOGENETIC ORDER OF COMMON NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS AND ANIMALS

KINGDOM

PHYLUM

(SUBPHYLUM )

CLASS

ORDER

FAMILY

FUNGI                                                           

 

PLANTS

Thallophyta - (algae, lichen)                                   

Bryophtyta - (mosses, liverworts)

Pteridophyta - (ferns, fern allies)

Spermatophyta - (seed plants)

ANIMALS

Mollusca

Gastropoda - (snails, slugs)

Bivalvia - (clams)

Arthropoda

(Crustaceans)    

Decapods - (crayfish)                   

Isopods - (sowbugs)

(Chelicerata)      

Arachnida 

Scorpionida - (scorpions)

Acarina - (mites and ticks)

Plalangida - (daddy long-legs)

Araneida - (spiders)

(Uniramia)

Insecta

Odonata - (dragonflies and damselflies)

Orthoptera - (grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, mantids,

walkingsticks)

Isoptera - (termites)

Plecoptera - (stoneflies)

Hemiptera - (true bugs)

Homoptera - (cicadas, aphids)

Coleoptera - (beetles)

Lepidoptera - (butterflies and moths)

Diptera - (flies)

Hymenoptera - (ants, bees, wasps)

Diploda - (millipedes)

Chilopoda - (centipedes)

(Trilobita - extinct trilobites)

 

            Chordata

(Vertebrata)

Pisces - (fishes)

Amphibia

Anura - (frogs and toads)

Caudata - (salamanders)

Reptilia

Testudinata - (turtles)

Crocodilia - (crocodiles and alligators)

Squamata - (lizards and snakes)

Aves - (birds)

Mammalia

Didelphimorpha - (opossum)

Insectivora - (insectivores)

             Soricidae - (shrews)

             Talpidae - (moles)

Chiroptera - (bats)  

Xenarthra - (armadillos, sloths, and anteaters)

Lagomorpha - (rabbits and hares)                        

Rodentia - (rodents)

Sciuridae - (squirrels)

Castoridae - (beaver)

Erethizontidae - (porcupine)

Muridae - (mice, rats and voles)

Zapodidae - (jumping mice)

Carnivora - (meat eaters)

Canidae - (coyotes and foxes)

Ursidae - (bears)

Procyonidae - (raccoons)

Mustelidae - (fisher, weasels, and river otter)  

Mephitidae - (skunks)