Taxonomic Higherarchy
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Taxonomic Higherarchy
The arrangement of taxonomic categories based on the taxonomic rank is called taxonomic higherarchy. The highest rank of the taxonomic categories is kingdom and the lowest rank is species.
What is species or why species is called basic unit of taxonomy?
The species means group of individuals having very close relationship and they can reproduce successfully. Below species, there is no any rank of taxonomic category. Therefore, it is called basic unit of taxonomy, for eg. tigrina is the species of frog.
Genus: The group of two or more species having similarity in many characters is called genus, for eg. Rana is the genus of frog.
Family: The group of two or more genus having similarity in many characters is called family, for eg Ranidae is the family of frog.
Order: The group of two or more family having similarity in many characters is called order, for eg Anura is the family of frog.
Division: The group of two or more orders having similarity in many characters is called division, for eg Gnathostomata is the family of frog.
Class: The group of two or more divisions having similarity in many characters is called class, for eg Amphibia is the family of frog.
Phylum: The group of two or more classes having similarity in many characters is called Phylum, for eg Chordata is the family of frog.
Kingdom: The group of two or more phyla having similarity in many characters is called kingdom, for eg Animalia is the family of frog.
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Biology