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In the Wh5How2 database, the hierarchy begins with the largest physical thing of which we are currently aware, the universe, and progressively gets smaller:
| UNIVERSE |
| GALAXY CLUSTER |
| GALAXY |
| ZODIAC |
| CONSTELLATION |
| NEBULA and STAR CLUSTER |
| STAR SYSTEM |
| STAR |
| PLANETARY SYSTEM |
| PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE (includes water) |
| PLANET |
| GEOLOGY (includes mineral kingdom) |
| LIFE FORMS (kingdoms) |
| Animalia
(animal kingdom) |
Plantae
(plant kingdom) |
Fungi
(fungi kingdom) |
Protista
(protozoa and eucaryotic algae kingdom) |
Monera
(bacteria and blue-green algae kingdom) |
| Subkingdom | ||||
| Phylum | Phylum | Phylum | Phylum | Phylum |
| Subphylum | ||||
| Superclass | ||||
| Class | Class | Class | Class | Class |
| Subclass | ||||
| Infraclass | ||||
| Cohort | ||||
| Superorder | ||||
| Order | Order | Order | Order | Order |
| Suborder | ||||
| Superfamily | ||||
| Family | Family | Family | Family | Family |
| Subfamily | ||||
| Tribe | ||||
| Genus | Genus | Genus | Genus | Genus |
| Subgenus | ||||
| Species | Species | Species | Species | Species |
| Subspecies | Subspecies | Subspecies | Subspecies | Subspecies |
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Last update of this page:
2000 MAR 02 Hierarchical position of Zodiac & Constellation corrected. Welcome audio added.
1999 JUL 20