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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the Siberian tiger's scientific classification, including kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species name. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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remains a curious blend of old and new. Taxonomists, most of whom got their start as bug-collecting kids, still tromp around the countryside in muddy boots, amassing and preserving
thousands of plant and animal specimens. But even with the help of modern aids like computer programs that can instantly and precisely record dozens of characteristics of an insect--body
shape, size, color, even the length of a microscopic hair at the tip of a tiny leg--taxonomy is hampered by a shortage of experts who can make sense of the
data" (Tangley, 1997, p. 78). II. BREAKDOWN OF CLASSIFICATION KINGDOM The Siberian tiger assumes its place in the kingdom of animal inasmuch as it is a living, breathing entity
with a sophisticated nervous system. Like its counterpart the lion, tigers are noticeably separate from any other kingdom by their multicellular, heterotrophic organism characteristics. That Siberian tigers are
comprised of multicellular physical mass gives one significant understanding as to its complexity within the animal kingdom. Monkeys are yet other members of the animal kingdom alongside the Siberian
tiger, as well, for their inherent mobility and multicellular composition. "Animal taxonomies reveal much more than what animals are like, or what they do, or how they are related
to each other...Classification systems often provide as much information about the classifiers as about the subject being classified. The interest in animal taxonomy, for example, suggests the centrality of
animals in Western culture" (Ritvo, 1995, p. 419). PHYLUM That the Siberian tigers phylum classification is that of chordata - or vertebrates - speaks to the fact that it
is a bilaterally symmetrical animal with a dorsal nerve cord. Similar to other species whose spinal cord supports skeletal movement and helps to protect the internal organs, this particular
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