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...Each of the above nine groups," he tells the reader gently, "under modern scientific classification, are distinct major Phyla,-whereas we, and all our backboned brethren on the earth, from angelfish to apes, are all included in the single Phylum Vertebrata or Chordata...
...taxonomists (biological classifiers) as is Sylvilagus floridanus, the cottontail rabbit. The gun-shooting, crystal-gazing, ballot-casting species-called Homo sapiens by taxonomic courtesy-belongs to the genus homo, the family of Hominidae, the order of primates, the class of mammals, the subphylum of vertebrates, the phylum of Chordata, and to the animal kingdom...
...Chordata," Professor Dawson, Geological Lecture Hall...
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