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Text: About the Arctic Hare. Photo: An Arctic hare.

Text: Heritage, History and Art. Photo: A carving in walrus ivory of an Arctic hare.

Text: Studying the Arctic Hare. Photo: David Gray looking through a spotting scope.

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Example Classification System

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Linnean Classification

This example of Linnean classification emphasizes organisms mentioned in Ukaliq: The Arctic Hare (http://nature.ca/ukaliq).

This example system is also represented in a narrative form.

What kingdom does the organism belong to? The kingdom Animalia.

I have an internal skeleton. If yes, I am a vertebrate.	I am an invertebrate.

I have fur and I suckle my young. If yes, I am a mammal.	I have feathers. If yes, I am a bird.	I have fins.	I have lungs and scales.	I have thin skin and spend part of my life in the water and the other part out of the water.

	I have a silent flight. If yes, I am a strigiform.	I am a fish.	I am a reptile.	I am an amphibian.

	I am white, with a big, round head. I am a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus).

I eat meat. If yes, I am a carnivore.	I have a second pair of teeth behind my incisors. If yes, I am a lagomorph.	I have long incisors and no canines.	My eyes face forward.	I am a limbless aquatic mammal.	I eat insects.

		I am a rodent.	I am a primate.	I am a cetacean.	I am an insectivore.

	I have big ears and long hind legs. If yes, I am a leporidae.	I am small, compact and have little ears.

		I am a pika (genus Ochotona).

	I am born with fur and my eyes open. If yes, I am a hare (genus Lepus).	I am born without fur and my eyes closed.

		I am a rabbit (genus Sylvilagus).

	I live above the treeline.	I am a snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus).

	I am an Arctic hare (Lepus arcticus).

I have a highly developed sense of smell and a long muzzle. If yes, I am a canidae.	I have a short tail and little round ears. If yes, I am an ursidae.	I have tusks. I am a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).

	I eat seals. I am a polar bear (Ursus maritimus).

I am a little white fox.	I am a white wolf.

I am an Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus).	I am an Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos).