A Kingdom is one of the five fundamental divisions of the natural world.



The five kingdoms are:
Animalia (Animals)
Plantae (Plants)
Fungi (Fungus)
Protista (Protists)
Monera (Bacteria)



The hierarchy of Biological Classifications, shown on the right, details some of the taxonomic ranks.



Also see:
Phylum
Class
Subclass
Order
Suborder
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Species
Subspecies