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What is the order of taxonomic hierarchy from highest to lowest?
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Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. This is the sequence used to arrange living organisms from the broadest group to the most specific group.
What is a species?
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Species means an organism of a particular kind whose members can interbreed among themselves to produce fertile young ones. For example, house cats belong to one species, Felis domesticus.
Why are all humans placed in one species?
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All mankind belongs to a single species, Homo sapiens, because members of the species can normally interbreed among themselves and produce fertile young ones.
What is a genus?
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Similar species constitute the next higher category called genus. For example, hill crow and house crow are different species, but both belong to the genus Corvus.
How are family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom related in classification?
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A group of genera with common characteristics forms a family. Related families make an order. Related orders make a class. Related classes constitute a phylum. The kingdom is the largest division of l…
Who gave the old two-kingdom classification and what were the two kingdoms?
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Linnaeus gave the old two-kingdom classification. Living organisms were divided into Plantae and Animalia.
What are the five kingdoms in the modern classification?
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The five kingdoms are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
What are the main features of Kingdom Monera?
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Monera organisms are unicellular and prokaryotic. They have no organized nucleus and lack membrane-bound organelles. Bacteria are examples of this kingdom.
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