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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