Animal Diversity Web

Carcharodon carcharias

Great white shark

(Also: Devorador de hombres; Niuhi)

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 Lamnidae (Mackerel sharks or white shark)
        
        Genus Carcharodon
        
        Species Carcharodon carcharias (Great white shark)