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-nosed echidnas

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

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