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Viruses are not classified into any of the kingdoms because they cannot live outside of a host cell (they depend on the host cell's DNA to reproduce and undergo metabolic reactions within it).

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Viruses are not classified as living things for they lack one of the needed abilities to be considered alive. Because viruses are not able to reproduce on their own, they are not given a kingdom and are not even considered living things, just close to.

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