[bert]

Hmmm...

Dogs, foxes Family Canidae

Cats, Family felidae

Order CARNIVORA

Carnivores

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Family Canidae

Dogs, Foxes
(Genus: 5, Species: 6, Individual: 329)

Family Ursidae

Bears
(Genus: 1, Species: 1, Individual: 3)

Family Procyonidae

Raccoons
(Genus: 1, Species: 1, Individual: 6)

Family Mustelidae

Mustelids
(Genus: 4, Species: 7, Individual: 190)

Family Viverridae

Civets, Mongooses, etc.
(Genus: 4, Species: 4, Individual: 12)

Family Herpestidae

Mongooses
(Genus: 1, Species: 1, Individual: 7)

Family Felidae

Cats
(Genus: 2, Species: 12, Individual: 25)

Family Otariidae

Eared Seals, Sealions
(Genus: 1, Species: 1, Individual: 1)

Family Phocidae

Earless Seals
(Genus: 1, Species: 1, Individual: 1)

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[exDemMom]

Okay, I'm not sure why the little impromptu lesson in zoology (at least, that's the kind of stuff I studied in that class, many long moons ago). Perhaps you can enlighten me about something. Way back in that zoology class, I learned something like kingdom, order, phylum, class, genus, family, species, so the full scientific name of an organism should have seven parts. But these days, when I do a Genbank search, I often see 11, 12, or 13 terms in what seems to be the species description. Have more levels been added to the classification system?