Phylum

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A phylum (often called a division in botany) represents a level of scientific classification below kingdom and above class. The name comes from the Greek φυλαί phylai, the clan-based voting groups in Greek city-states. Phyla and divisions organize animals by very general traits; all mammals belong the Phylum Chordata, for instance, whch includes all animals with spinal cords.

[edit] See also

• Scientific classification
• Kingdom
• Class
• Order
• Family (Scientific classification)
• Genus
• Species

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