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

Mnemonics

• Determined, Kind, People Can Often Follow Ghostly Screams
• Did King Phillip Cry Out “For Goodness Sakes!”?
• Do Kangaroos Prefer (the) Cake Or (the) Frosting, Generally Speaking?
• Do King Play Chess of Family Game seriously?
• Do Kings Play Chess On Fridays, Generally Speaking?
• Do Koalas Prefer Chocolate Or Fruit, Generally Speaking?
• Dr. King Preeched Couragougeosly On Freakin Giant Snakes
• Dumb Kids Payt Crack on Freeway Get Stoned
• Dumb Kids Playing Cards On Freeway Get Smashed
• Dumb King Phillip Couldn’t Find Green Socks
• Keep Pot Clean Or Family Get Sick
• Keeping Precious Creatures Organized For Grumpy Scientists
• Kendall Popped Canned Oranges For Greek Soup
• Kevin’s Poor Cow Only Feels Good Sometimes
• Kid Play Card On Flat Gray Steps
• Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach
• Killing Pets Causes Opression For Grieving Simpletons
• Kindly Professors Can Often Fail Good Students
• King Paul Came Over For Green Salad
• King Penguins Climbed Over Family Genus Species
• King Philip Called One Faithful German Servant
• King Philip Came Over From Great Spain
• King Philip Can Order Five Good Soups
• King Philip Could Order Five Good Sheep
• 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 Phillip Came Over From Gulf Shores
• King Phillip Caught Ordinary Flu Going South
• King Phillip Cried Out For Good Soup
• 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 Chess On Fat Girls Stomachs
• Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Surfaces
• Kings Poorly Concentrate On Food(like)
• Kings Prefer Chocalate Over Fudge Generally Speaking
• KP Comes On Friday, Go Slow

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, Primatae, Hominidae, Homo sapiens

• All Cool Men Prefer Having Heavy Sideburns
• Anyone Can Make Pretty Healthy Hot Stew

We’ve collected many more mnemonics for biology…

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