QuickCheck: Are all living things either animals or plants?

AS the old saying goes it's either an animal, vegetable or mineral. Is this true?

Verdict:

FALSE

Biologists divide the Tree of Life into many different categories and subcategories.

When we are talking about animals and plants, we are actually talking about Kingdoms which is the second highest taxonomic rank.

Modern molecular and genetic evidence currently indicates that there are actually 26 kingdoms, most of which are microscopic organisms, but this number is growing constantly.

These Kingdoms are grouped into three Domains, the highest taxonomic rank, namely bacteria, archaea and eukaryota.

All the big living things that you see, such as animals, plants, slime molds and fungi, are all eukaryotic life, everything else is microscopic.

References:

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC432104/

2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC54159/