Animal Diversity Web

Carcharias tricuspidatus

Indian sand tiger

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Class Chondrichthyes (rays, sharks, and relatives)
        
        Elasmobranchii
        
        Order Lamniformes
        
        Family Odontaspididae (Sand tigers)
        
        Genus Carcharias
        
        Species Carcharias tricuspidatus (Indian sand tiger)