BRAZIL’S FAUNA
(Page prepared by a nature’s observer)

    Introduction
    Our planet's beings are divided in two big kingdoms:
- Vegetal Kingdom
- Animal Kingdom

    The systematic of classification is:
           Kingdoms
                Phylum
                    Subphylum
                        Superclasses
                            Classes
                                Orders
                                     Families
                                           Genus
                                                Species

    One of the most difficult things for scientists who study flora and fauna is their systematic organization, making their classification.
Here we will study the Animal Kingdom.
Animals are scientifically classified as the taxonomy that studies morphology and anatomy, known as traditional systematic.
There are also the modern biochemical methods that deal with genetic systematic, using the knowledge of molecular biology, and bringing a lot of news in terms of classification.

    Nomenclature
    Another interesting thing is the way in which species are named. Let's see it.
    Using a generic name and a specific one in Latin, Lineu (1758) have created the systematic of binomial designation for naming animal and vegetal species, originating the scientific name, from which species are known worldwide.
It is like that: Turdus rufiventris (Rufous-bellied Thrush)
    The first designation (Turdus) is the genus. The second one (rufiventris) is free and represents some animal's characteristic, or some person being honored or the place where the animal was discovered. The popular designations are normally used by layman, are variable in the regions, making difficult the recognition sometimes. The right may be referring to the scientific and popular designations: ex.: Turdus rufiventris, Rufous-bellied Thrush.