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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Mnemonic Device (for taxonomy order):

  • King Phillip Came Over From Great Spain

Alternative Mnemonics:

  • Determined, Kind People Can Often Follow Ghostly Screams
  • Did King Phillip Cry Out “For Goodness Sakes!”?
  • Didn’t Know Popeyes Chicken Offered Free Gizzard Strips
  • Do Kangaroos Prefer (the) Cake Or (the) Frosting, Generally Speaking?
  • Do Kings Play Chess Of Family Game Seriously?
  • Do Kings Play Chess On Fridays, Generally Speaking?
  • Do Koalas Prefer Chocolate Or Fruit, Generally Speaking?
  • Donkey Kong Plays Chess Outside For G-Sus
  • Drunken Kangaroos Punch Children On Family Game Shows
  • Dr. King Preached Courageously On Freakin’ Giant Snakes
  • Dumb Kids Paint Crack On Freeway Get Stoned
  • Dumb Kids Playing Cards On Freeway Get Smashed
  • Dumb King Phillip Could nOt Find Green Socks
  • Dumb King Philip Cried Over Failing Grade Six

More variations:

  • Kangaroos Play Cellos, Orangutans Fiddle, Gorillas Sing
  • Keep Placing Cake Orders For Good Students
  • Keep Paying Casey Off For Gun Sales
  • Kids Playing Chicken on Freeways Get Smashed
  • Keep Pot Clean Or Family Get Sick
  • Keep Pots Clean or Family Gets Sick
  • Keeping Precious Creatures Organized For Grumpy Scientists
  • Kendall Popped Canned Oranges For Greek Soup
  • Kevin’s Poor Cow Only Feels Good Sometimes
  • Kid Plays Card On Flat Gray Steps
  • Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach
  • Killing Pets Causes Oppression For Grieving Simpletons
  • Kindly Professors Can Often Fail Good Students
  • King Paul Came Over For Green Salad
  • King Paul Cried Out for Good Soup
  • King Penguins Climbed Over Family Genus Species
  • King Philip Called One Faithful German Servant
  • King Philip Came Over For Ginger Snaps!!
  • King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
  • King Philip Came Over For Grape Soda
  • King Philip Came Over From Great Spain
  • King Philip Can Order Five Good Soups
  • King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup
  • King Philip Could Order Five Good Sheep
  • King Philip Couldn’t Order Five Good Sandwiches
  • King Phillip Came Over For Good Soup
  • King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
  • King Phillip Came Over For Great Spaghetti
  • King Phillip Came Over From Germany Seeking Riches
  • King Philip Came Over From Great Spain
  • King Phillip Came Over From Gulf Shores
  • King Phillip Caught Ordinary Flu Going South
  • King Phillip Cried Out For Good Soup
  • King Phillip Crossed Over France Going South
  • King Phyla C Ordered His Family To Get Some Species
  • King Phylum Class Ordered the Family Genius to Shut-up
  • Kingfish, Pickerel, Catfish Over-Flowed God’s Seas
  • Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools
  • Kings Play Cards On Fuzzy Green Stools
  • Kings Play Chess On Fat Girls’ Stomachs
  • Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Surfaces
  • Kings Play Chess on Fine Gold Sets
  • Kings Play Chess On Fine Grain Sand
  • Kings Play Chess on Fine Green Silk
  • Kings Play Chess On Finely-Grained Sand
  • Kings Play Chess On Friday, Generally Speaking
  • Kings Poorly Concentrate On Food, Generally Speaking
  • Kings Prefer Chocolate Over Fudge, Generally Speaking
  • KP Comes On Friday, Go Slow
  • Krabby Patties Cook On Fry Grills, SpongeBob
  • In the ‘kingdom’ lived prince ‘phylum’ who went to ‘class’ to make his ‘family’ proud of his ‘genus'(genius) ‘species’

Explanation: Mnemonic devices to remember KPCOFGS taxonomy (the proper ordering of the biological groupings/categories)

  • Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Taxonomy for humans would be:

  • Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primate, Hominidae, Homosapiens
    • All Cool Men Prefer Having Heavy Sideburns
    • Anyone Can Make Pretty Healthy HotStew

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  1. ram kumar says
    June 13, 2013 at 9:26 am

    this is very helpful to me.

    Reply
  2. Mj says
    September 23, 2013 at 11:22 pm

    It was but it didn’t really put an image in my head and It was mostly all questions. There needs to be less Questions.

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    October 31, 2013 at 1:42 am

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  4. Rachel says
    October 29, 2014 at 10:43 am

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    March 19, 2015 at 4:13 am

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    April 20, 2015 at 7:52 pm

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    April 22, 2015 at 12:54 am

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