Question

What is taxon? illudtratr the taconomical heitarchy with suitable example of a plant and an animal?

Answer 1

Answer-

The arrangement of various taxa in a hierarchical order is called taxonomic hierarchy. In this hierarchy, species is present at the lowest level whereas kingdom is present at the highest level.

Kingdom

↑

Phylum or division

↑

Class

↑

Order

↑

Family

↑

Genus

↑

Species

A Taxonomic hierarchy

Classification of a plant

As an example, let us classify Solanum melongena (Brinjal).
Kingdom – Plantae
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Order – Solanales
Family – Solanaceae
Genus – Solanum
Species – melongena
Classification of an animal

As an example, let us classify Columba livia (Blue rock Dove).
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Columbiformes
Family – Columbidae
Genus – Columba
Species – livia
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