Question

Differentiate between taxon and category ?

Answer 1

A taxon is any taxonomic unit.For example , the class Mammalia is a taxon which includes all Mammalia species...Use of the term rank is only truly meaningful when comparing two taxa.Taxonomic category is usually -for better or worse -used interchangeable with the term taxonomic rank......

Answer 2

Taxon
.Taxon represents to a group of organinsm .
.It is only of one type .

Category
. category refers to a rank or status of taxon
category is of two types :
(a) major ranks : kingdom , divison and class etc .
.(b) minor category : Genus and species etc .
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