User blog:Magma MK-II/On animal classifications and categories

Because a lot of people here seem to be confused about how to classify animals in appropriate categories, I've decided to create this small blog post to help clear the confusion. I'll only be listing the most relevant subgroups here:

Kingdom:Animalia


 * Phylum: Porifera (sea sponges)
 * Phylum: Cnidaria (jellyfishes, sea anemones and corals)
 * Phylum: Nematoda (roundworms)
 * Phylum: Plathelminthe (flatworms)
 * Phylum: Annelida (tube worms, earthworms and leeches)
 * Phylum: Mollusca (oysters, snails and octopuses)
 * Phylum: Arthropoda (animals with segmented bodies)
 * Class: Insecta (flies, bees, beetles, butterflies, etc)
 * Class: Arachnida (spiders, scorpions and mites)
 * Class: Crustacea (crabs, shrimps, lobsters and barnacles)
 * Class: Myriapoda (centipedes)
 * Phylum: Echinodermata (starfishes, sea urchins and sea cucumbers)
 * Phylum: Chordata (animals with a dorsal nerve cord), Subphylum: Vertebrata (animals with a backspine)
 * Class: Chondrichtyhe (sharks and rays)
 * Class: Osteichtyhe (regular fish)
 * Class: Amphibia (frogs, toads and salamanders)
 * Class: Reptilia (crocodiles, lizards, snakes and turtles)
 * Class: Aves (birds in general)
 * Class: Mammalia (mammals)
 * Order: Monotremata (platypi and echidnas)
 * Infraclass: Marsupialia (kangaroos, koalas and opossums)
 * Infraclass: Placentaria (mammals with wombs)
 * Order: Cingulata (armadillos)
 * Order: Pilosa (anteaters and sloths)
 * Order: Sirenia (dugongs and manatees)
 * Order: ''Cetacea (whales and dolphins)
 * Order: Proboscidea (elephants)
 * Order: Lagomorpha (rabbits)
 * Order: ''Rodentia (beavers, squirrels and rats)
 * Order: Chiroptera (bats)
 * Order: Arthiodactyla (cows, pigs, camels, hippos and deer)
 * Order: Perissodactyla (horses, tapirs and rhinos)
 * Order: Carnivora (cats, dogs, bears, weasels, walruses, seals, etc)
 * Order: Primata (monkeys, apes and humans)