Scientific Taxonomy and Earth’s Biodiversity

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Duck

A duck is a domestic bird that is reared for food in most parts of the world. It has a wide long beak and webbed feet to allow them top wade on mud. A duck feeds from muddy surfaces.

Dove

A dove is a flying bird that is domesticated and has an attachment to homesteads. A dove is usually larger than other birds and does not build nests on the trees but lives inside the roofs of the house.

Giraffe

A giraffe is a wild animal that has a huge body and has a characteristic long neck which is adapted to its feeding habit. It feeds on leaves from tall trees and shrubs.

Monkey

A monkey belongs to the ape family. It is a herbivore and also feeds on fruits and other wild seeds.

Bee

Is a honey-producing insect that belongs to the class Insecta. Bees live in colonies and feed on nectar from flowers which they use in making honey as their reserve food for raising up their young ones. Bees sting for protection and this is a characteristic unique to them.

Housefly

A housefly is a household fly as the name suggested. It is associated with food in the household and is smaller than a bee.

Characteristics of the species in the Kingdom Animmalia

The selected species above have the following characteristics which make them fit in the kingdom animmalia;

  • They are all capable of moving from one position to the other. Unlike the species kingdom Plantae, animals can move on their own and are not attached to the ground or any surface like plants.
  • All the species in this kingdom are able to reproduce young ones though they do it differently. Giraffes and monkeys in the mammalian class give birth to young ones which are strong and are able to move shortly after birth. Insects and birds lay eggs that produce the young ones.
  • All the species take in oxygen for metabolism and produce carbon dioxide, unlike the kingdom Plantae which uses carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. Animals feed on physical food substances, unlike plants.

Characteristics shared by the mammals above

The mammals, giraffe, and monkey have the following common characteristics;

  • They give birth to young ones. Their young ones are strong and move shortly after birth.
  • They are both covered with hair that keeps them warm.
  • The two mammals have mammary glands which they feed their young ones at the early stages of development.

Differences between giraffe and monkey

  • A monkey is an ape and has an opposable toe which they use to climb trees. Giraffes have four limbs and walk in all fours. The forelimbs of a monkey are placed like those of a human being.
  • A monkey has a large face with an external nostril while a giraffe has a long head and a long neck for feeding on top tree branches.
  • Monkeys are higher animals with reasoning abilities. They are believed to be next to human beings as they are the able top reason.

Insects

Similar characteristics of a housefly and a bee

  • Bees and houseflies are large insects as compared to other small insects.

Differences between a bee and a housefly

  • Houseflies are domestic bees while bees are more of wild insects though they are domesticated for the production of honey.
  • Bees have stinging ability thus harmful while houseflies are not harmful because they do not sting. However, houseflies are disease-carrying vectors associated with cholera and diarrhea.
  • Bees feed on nectar while houseflies feed on cooked food and waste kitchen garbage.

Birds

Birds are vertebrates that have feathers modified for flight and also for active metabolism. The birds selected above, duck and dove.

Similarity

  • They are domestic in nature though ducks are somehow wild birds.

Differences

  • Ducks are ground birds and do not fly up high while doves are high flying birds living on top of trees and buildings.
  • Ducks feed on worms from muddy waters, as they are able to wade while doves feed on seeds from plants.
  • Ducks are large while doves are smaller.

Echinoderms

Basket star belongs to the subclass Ophiuroidea. They are sea-living animals. Snake stars also belong to the same class but are longer in shape than basket stars. (Hendler and Miller, 1996 pp. 89-134) Echinoderms selected are basket stars and snake stars.

Similarity

  • They both live in water and have the same feeding styles.

Difference

  • The only difference that exists between the two is their shape, the basket star looks like a basket while the snake stars are longer like a snake.

References

Hendler, G. and Miller, D. (1996), taxonomy of sea species. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. Pp. pages 89-195.

Information on animal classification. Web.

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