Question

Define a taxon. Give some example of taxa at different hierarchical levels​

Answer 1

taxonomic unit in the biological system of classification of organism is called taxon (plural taxa). For example a phylum, order, family, genus or species represents taxon. It represents a rank. For example, all the insects form a taxon. Taxon of class category for birds is Aves and taxon of Phylum category for birds is Chordata. The degree of relationship and degree of similarity varies with the rank of the taxon. Individuals of a higher rank, say Order or Family, are less closely related than those of a lower rank, such as Genus or Species.

Answer 2

Answer:

A particular level of Hierarchy in the classification of living being is called a taxon. For ex. The basic level of classification is species followed by family,genus,order,class,phulym or divison