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Different animal species
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Classification

Looks alike is not the same as belongs together.

Taxonomic labels are evidence-backed scientific classifications, while the visual groupings elsewhere in this universe are editorial lenses. Keeping those systems separate prevents a design choice from masquerading as biological taxonomy.

Class / group

Insecta

Monarch butterfly

Shared group label here does not mean identical ecology or locomotion.

Class / group

Cephalopoda

Giant Pacific octopus

Shared group label here does not mean identical ecology or locomotion.

Class / group

Actinopterygii

Common seahorse

Shared group label here does not mean identical ecology or locomotion.

Falcon ↔ penguin

Both are birds, but one is built for powered flight and the other uses wing-derived flippers for underwater propulsion. Classification survives the silhouette change.

Otter ↔ octopus

Both use marine environments, but a mammal and a cephalopod arrive there with very different tissues, support systems, limbs, and evolutionary histories. Habitat is not taxonomy.