This list is for high-level IDing of "Unknown" and your own observations. :)
NOTE: this is a Work In Progress - terminology is potentially incorrect, typos, and changes/updates/corrections likely
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Random reminders... :)
Purple plant at Brisbane on the curvy arbor: Bougainvillea
Sticky flowering plant Heidi got from neighbour's garden when cat-seeking: Plumbagos
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Overview of main Taxonomy Tree levels

Kingdom

• Animals
• Plants
• Fungi & Lichens
• Protista
• Archaea
• Bacteria

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Tribe

Genus

Species

• Plants
• Palms
• Ferns
• Flowering Plant
• Grasses Sedges & etc
• Eucalypts
• Myrtace Family
• Daisy Family
• Orchids

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• Arthropods (millipede, spiders, insects) - Phylum: Arthropoda
• Arachnids - Class: Arachnida
• Spiders - Order: Araneae
  
  
• Insects - Class: Insecta
• Winged / once winged insects (anything with wings & 6 legs - moths, butterflies, grasshoppers, flies, crickets, mozzies, beetles, cockroach, ants) - Subclass: Pterygota
• Butterflies & Moths (including caterpillar, cocoons, pupas) - Order: Lepidoptera
• Bees, Wasps, Ants - Order: Hymenoptera
• Flies - Order: Diptera
• Crickets, Grasshoppers, Katidids - Order: Orthoptera
• Stick Insects - Order: Phasmida
• Mantises - Order: Mantodea
• Dragonflies & Damselflies - Order: Odonata

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• Fish (Eels, rays, sharks, dolphins, whales) - Class: Actinopterygii
• Snails, slugs - Class: Gastropoda

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• Earthworms and Allies - Subclass: Oligochaeta

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• Reptiles (lizards, skinks, snakes, frogs) - Class: Reptilia
• Snakes & Lizards - Order: Squamata
• Turtles & Tortoises - Order Testudines
• Frogs & Toads - Order: Anura

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• Mammals (Quolls, Numbats, Possums, Bilbies, Bandicoots, Platypus, Echidnas, Humans) - Class: Mammalia
• Kangaroos, Wallabies, Possums, Wombats, Gliders - Order: Diprotodontia
• Bats & flying foxes - Order: Chiroptera
• Mice, Rats, Squirrels, Hamptsers, Guinea Pigs - Order: Rodentia
• Rabbits & Hares - Family: Leporidae

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• Birds - Class: Aves
• Owls - Order: Strigiformes
• Hawks, Kites, Eagles - Order: Accipitriformes
• Perching birds - Order: Passeriformes
• Water birds (ducks, geese, swans) - Order: Anseriformes
• Parrots - Order: Psittaciformes

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Posted on May 21, 2023 03:36 PM by thistlemouse