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

We’ve collected many more mnemonics for biology…