Animal Diversity Web

Galeocerdo cuvier

Leopard shark

(Also: Tiger Shark)

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 Carcharhiniformes
        
        Family Carcharhinidae (Requiem sharks)
        
        Genus Galeocerdo
        
        Species Galeocerdo cuvier (Leopard shark)