Taxonomy

A hamster is not a gerbil,
‘Though a tortoise is a turtle.
Mosquitoes are what you swat at -
Hundred twelve genera for that.

If you want to classify,
Taxonomy is what you try.
You compare for what is the same
And then give them a Species name.

But now the fun has just begun --
Two's too different to be one.
They aren’t the same but share sameness;
Let us give them the same Genus.

The Genera with common traits
In a Family can be mates.
Families in the same border
Can be placed in the same Order.

The Orders can combine en masse
To make a very diverse Class.
We almost there to compile a
Joining of Classes into Phyla.

The last step is the mighty Kingdom
Under which the broad Phyla come.
Some add in sub- and super- levels --
Let’s ignore hair-splitting devils.