Strix virgata (mottled owl) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Strigiformes (owls)
        
        Family Strigidae (typical owls)
        
        Genus Strix (earless owls)
        
        Species Strix virgata (mottled owl)
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata borelliana
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata centralis
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata macconnelli
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata squamulata
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata superciliaris
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata tamaulipensis
        
        Subspecies Strix virgata virgata