Example: Chaffinch
§Phylum: Chordata (Greek and Latin roots, referring to
notochord present in all animals
of this phylum)
–Subphylum: Vertebrata (Latin roots, meaning to have a
jointed back. In this taxa the
notochord develops into the spine.)
§Class: Aves (Latin for, um, BIRD.)
§Order: Passeriformes (Passer is Latin for a sparrow or
small bird)
§Family: Fringillidae (Fringilla is Latin for a small
bird)
§Genus: Fringilla
§Species: F.
coelebs (Caelebs is Latin for being
unmarried. Chaffinch’s sometimes
gather in large unisex flocks, and the belief was that the females had all flown south leaving the males.)
§Hence the Latin name Fringilla
coelebs: “A small bachelor bird”
Picture
from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Chaffinch777lg.JPG