Question

Kingdom animalia includes a major phylum known as chordata, which includes the sub-phylum vertebrata. This includes lions like the ones shown above. The remaining taxonomic levels for lions is: Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae, Panthera, leo. For the lion, Felidae is the name given to which taxonomic level?

Answer 1

The right answer is Family.

In biology, the family is a taxon that gathers the genera that have the most species and similarities between them. It constitutes the fifth level of the classical classification of living species.

Regarding the Latin terminations indicating the rank, the name of the families ends with the suffix -aceae in plants, algae and fungi and -idae in animals.

Answer 2

The taxonomic information for lions are
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Carnivora
• Family: Felidae
• Genus: Panthera
• Species: Leo