Question

Differentiate between species & taxon?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

• Species contains a group of individuals with same morphological characters and they can breed among themselves.

• Taxon- A group of one or more population of an organism in taxonomical form.

Answer 2

Answer:

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✯Species and taxon differ in the following ways:

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• Species represents the basic taxonomic category while the taxon represents any level of taxonomic category.

• Species is always monophyletic while a taxon may be monophyletic or polyphyletic.

• Species, being a rank, is an abstract term while a taxon represents a group of various living beings.