Taxonomy Lineage

Lineage Browser

Walk upward from a selected taxon through the parent chain and jump back into the taxonomy browser at any step.

Selected Taxon

short-beaked echidna

The lineage is ordered from the selected organism upward toward higher-level taxonomy.

Starting point: short-beaked echidna
Level 1: Tachyglossus (genus)
Level 2: Tachyglossidae (family)
Level 3: Monotremata (order)
Level 4: Prototheria (no rank)
Level 5: Mammalia (class)
Level 6: Amniota (no rank)
Level 7: Tetrapoda (no rank)
Level 8: Sarcopterygii (no rank)
Level 9: Euteleostomi (no rank)
Level 10: Teleostomi (no rank)
Level 11: Gnathostomata (superclass)
Level 12: Vertebrata (no rank)
Level 13: Craniata (subphylum)
Level 14: Chordata (phylum)
Level 15: Deuterostomia (no rank)
Level 16: Coelomata (no rank)
Level 17: Bilateria (no rank)
Level 18: Eumetazoa (no rank)
Level 19: Animalia (kingdom)
Level 20: Fungi/Metazoa group (no rank)
Level 21: Eucarya (superkingdom)
Level 22: biota (no rank)
Level 23: all (no rank)