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Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

This dimension nests a taxon inside the larger group it belongs to. Wikipedia notes "Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora commonly referred to as cats," placing one taxonomic rank directly inside the next. Browsing this way lets a visitor move from a broad group down into its named subgroups.

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Actinopterygii

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3 entries

Agaricomycetes

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1 entry

Amphibia

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3 entries

Animalia

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15 entries

Arachnida

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1 entry

Araneae

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4 entries

Archaea

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2 entries

Arthropoda

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5 entries

Ascomycota

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1 entry

Asparagales

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1 entry

Aves

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15 entries

Bacteria

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5 entries

Bryophyta

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1 entry

Canidae

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2 entries

Carnivora

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12 entries

Cetacea

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5 entries

Chordata

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7 entries

Cnidaria

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3 entries

Echinodermata

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5 entries

Eukarya

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4 entries

Felidae

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5 entries

Fungi

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5 entries

Gastropoda

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1 entry

Insecta

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10 entries

Lamiales

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1 entry

Magnoliophyta

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2 entries

Mammalia

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15 entries

Mollusca

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4 entries

Passeriformes

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5 entries

Perciformes

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5 entries

Plantae

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8 entries

Primates

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8 entries

Protista

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5 entries

Reptilia

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4 entries
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Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
  • Contains: Actinopterygii
  • Contains: Amphibia
  • Contains: Anthozoa
  • Contains: Arachnida
  • Contains: Asteroidea
  • Contains: Aves
  • Contains: Bivalvia
  • Contains: Cephalopoda
  • Contains: Chilopoda
  • Contains: Chondrichthyes
  • Contains: Crinoidea
  • Contains: Cyclostomata
  • Contains: Diplopoda
  • Contains: Echinoidea
  • Contains: Gastropoda
  • Contains: Holothuroidea
  • Contains: Hydrozoa
  • Contains: Insecta
  • Contains: Liliopsida
  • Contains: Magnoliopsida
  • Contains: Malacostraca
  • Contains: Mammalia
  • Contains: Ophiuroidea
  • Contains: Polyplacophora
  • Contains: Reptilia
  • Contains: Scyphozoa
  • Contains: Bryophyta
  • Contains: Cycadophyta
  • Contains: Ginkgophyta
  • Contains: Lycopodiophyta
  • Contains: Magnoliophyta
  • Contains: Marchantiophyta
  • Contains: Pinophyta
  • Contains: Pteridophyta
  • Contains: Archaea
  • Contains: Bacteria
  • Contains: Eukarya
  • Contains: Atelidae
  • Contains: Balaenopteridae
  • Contains: Callitrichidae
  • Contains: Canidae
  • Contains: Cebidae
  • Contains: Cercopithecidae
  • Contains: Corvidae
  • Contains: Delphinidae
  • Contains: Eupleridae
  • Contains: Felidae
  • Contains: Fringillidae
  • Contains: Herpestidae
  • Contains: Hirundinidae
  • Contains: Hominidae
  • Contains: Hyaenidae
  • Contains: Indriidae
  • Contains: Lemuridae
  • Contains: Lorisidae
  • Contains: Monodontidae
  • Contains: Mustelidae
  • Contains: Odobenidae
  • Contains: Otariidae
  • Contains: Paridae
  • Contains: Phocidae
  • Contains: Phocoenidae
  • Contains: Physeteridae
  • Contains: Procyonidae
  • Contains: Turdidae
  • Contains: Ursidae
  • Contains: Viverridae
  • Contains: Canis
  • Contains: Felis
  • Contains: Leopardus
  • Contains: Lynx
  • Contains: Panthera
  • Contains: Puma
  • Contains: Vulpes
  • Contains: Animalia
  • Contains: Fungi
  • Contains: Plantae
  • Contains: Protista
  • Contains: Accipitriformes
  • Contains: Anseriformes
  • Contains: Anura
  • Contains: Apodiformes
  • Contains: Artiodactyla
  • Contains: Blattodea
  • Contains: Carnivora
  • Contains: Caudata
  • Contains: Cetacea
  • Contains: Charadriiformes
  • Contains: Chiroptera
  • Contains: Cingulata
  • Contains: Coleoptera
  • Contains: Columbiformes
  • Contains: Crocodilia
  • Contains: Cypriniformes
  • Contains: Diprotodontia
  • Contains: Diptera
  • Contains: Eulipotyphla
  • Contains: Falconiformes
  • Contains: Galliformes
  • Contains: Gymnophiona
  • Contains: Hemiptera
  • Contains: Hymenoptera
  • Contains: Lagomorpha
  • Contains: Lepidoptera
  • Contains: Mantodea
  • Contains: Monotremata
  • Contains: Odonata
  • Contains: Orthoptera
  • Contains: Passeriformes
  • Contains: Pelecaniformes
  • Contains: Perciformes
  • Contains: Perissodactyla
  • Contains: Piciformes
  • Contains: Pilosa
  • Contains: Primates
  • Contains: Proboscidea
  • Contains: Procellariiformes
  • Contains: Psittaciformes
  • Contains: Rhynchocephalia
  • Contains: Rodentia
  • Contains: Salmoniformes
  • Contains: Sirenia
  • Contains: Sphenisciformes
  • Contains: Squamata
  • Contains: Strigiformes
  • Contains: Struthioniformes
  • Contains: Testudines
  • Contains: Trichoptera
  • Contains: Actinobacteria
  • Contains: Annelida
  • Contains: Apicomplexa
  • Contains: Arthropoda
  • Contains: Ascomycota
  • Contains: Bacteroidetes
  • Contains: Basidiomycota
  • Contains: Bryozoa
  • Contains: Chlorophyta
  • Contains: Chordata
  • Contains: Chytridiomycota
  • Contains: Ciliophora
  • Contains: Cnidaria
  • Contains: Crenarchaeota
  • Contains: Ctenophora
  • Contains: Cyanobacteria
  • Contains: Echinodermata
  • Contains: Euglenozoa
  • Contains: Euryarchaeota
  • Contains: Firmicutes
  • Contains: Glomeromycota
  • Contains: Mollusca
  • Contains: Mucoromycota
  • Contains: Nematoda
  • Contains: Nemertea
  • Contains: Onychophora
  • Contains: Platyhelminthes
  • Contains: Porifera
  • Contains: Proteobacteria
  • Contains: Rhodophyta
  • Contains: Rotifera
  • Contains: Tardigrada
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