Question

what is a taxonomic hierarchy

Answer 1

Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. In biologicalclassification, rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain, etc

Answer 2

Each part of the overall taxonomic arrangement form species to kingdom is a taxonomic category. All categories together make the taxonomic hierarchy.

ie, species -> genus -> family -> order ->  class -> phylum/division-> kingdom