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it’s OK to abbreviate Eucalyptus to E. rather than repeat it. The context provides the
full name.
Returning to our example of the Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), the full
breakdown is as follows:

Domain: (new in Eukaryota Everything except
1990) bacteria and
archaea
Kingdom: Animalia Animals
Phylum: Chordata All organisms with
a dorsal nerve cord
Class: Aves Birds
Order: Coraciiformes Colourful birds
including the
kingfishers, the
bee-eaters etc.
Family: Alcedinidae Kingfishers
Subfamily: Halcyoninae Tree kingfishers
Genus: Dacelo Kookaburras
Species: D. novaeguineae Laughing
Kookaburra
Sub-species D. n. novaeguineae Laughing
(2x): Kookaburra-
Eastern Australia
D. n. minor Laughing
Kookaburra – Cape
York Peninsula
south to Cooktown

Other Kookaburras are:
Rufous-bellied kookaburra (D. gaudichaud) – lowland New Guinea
Spangled kookaburra (D. tyro) – Aru Islands (Indonesia), southern New Guinea
Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii) – northern Australia, southern New Guinea.

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