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What is the kingdom for animals?
What is the phylum of chordates?
Chordata
What class do horses, sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs belong to?
Mammalia
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Study Notes
Livestock Classification Overview
- Kingdom: Animalia represents the primary classification for all livestock species.
- Phylum: Chordata includes all animals with a notochord, such as livestock.
Mammals
- Class Mammalia: Encompasses livestock including horses, sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs. Characterized by live births and lactation.
Birds
- Class Aves: Covers poultry species like chickens and turkeys, distinguished by feathers and laying eggs.
Orders of Livestock
- Order Perissodactyla: Includes horses, identifiable by their odd-toed ungulate structure.
- Order Artiodactyla: Consists of even-toed ungulates such as sheep, cattle, goats, and pigs.
- Order Galliformes: Comprises chickens and turkeys, known for being ground-dwelling birds.
Families of Livestock
- Family Equidae: Contains horses, recognized for their single-digit hoof structure.
- Family Bovidae: Covers sheep, cattle, and goats, known for having two or four horns and being ruminants.
- Family Suidae: Represented by pigs, characterized by a snout for rooting.
- Family Phasianidae: Includes chickens and turkeys, recognized for their gamebird qualities.
Genera of Livestock
- Genus Equus: Represents the horse genus within Family Equidae.
- Genus Ovis: Encompasses the sheep genus within Family Bovidae.
- Genus Bos: Includes the cattle genus also within Family Bovidae.
- Genus Capra: Consists of goat species within Family Bovidae.
- Genus Sus: Represents pigs within Family Suidae.
- Genus Gallus: Denotes chickens within Family Phasianidae.
- Genus Meleagris: Refers to turkeys, recognized for their distinctive features.
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