Species

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A species is any kind of organism, a class of individuals that have some common characteristics or qualities.


This term is a basic unit of biological classification. All animals or plants that are the same kind belong to the same species.
Wolves (Canis lupus) are one species. Humans are another species.


  • For example: crows and ravens are similar but not the same, so they are together in a bigger group called a "genus."
  • Then there is a "family" (like the crow family, which includes crows and ravens as well as jays and magpies).
  • Then, an "order" which adds songbirds to the group.
  • The next group is "class" - all birds are in the same class.
  • After that is the "phylum", such as vertebrates, which is all animals with backbones.
  • Last of all is "kingdom", like the animal kingdom.