According to the hierarchal classification of a select group of organisms given below, which two organisms are most closely related according to linnaean taxonomy and why? the image depicts a classification chart with kingdom animalia at the top, followed by phylum chordata, then class mammalia, then order carnivora, followed by three branches. The first branch at the highest level lists felidae, followed by felis and panthera. Felis branches into catus and paradali. Panthera has a single branch called pardus. The second branch descending from order carnivora is called canidae. Canidae branches into a single group, canis. Canis has two branches, familiaris and lupus. The third branch descending from order carnivora is called ursidae. A single branch descends from ursidae called ursus. Ursus has two branches, arctos and horribilus. Canis familiaris and felis catus, because they belong to the same class felis catus and panthera pardalis, because they belong to the same family panthera pardus and ursus horribilus, because they belong to the same order ursus arctos and canis lupus, because they belong to the same genus.