taxonomy

The sand tiger shark's scientific name is Carcharias platensis. It belongs to the animalia kingdon, which means its an animal. It belongs to the chordata phylum, which means it has a backbone. Its class is chondrichthyes, which means that they dont have ribs. its subclass is elasmobranchi, which means its a cartlinaginous fish. The sand tiger also belongs to the odontaspididae family, which means that it is a sand shark or a ragged toothed shark. and its genus is Carcharias, which means shark.