TAXONOMIC RANKS

Taxonomic Ranks : The groups into which organism are classified are known as taxonomic ranks or taxa (Singular "Taxon"). The Swedish botanist 'Carl Linnaeus' devised the Linnaean system of taxonomic ranks in 1735. In this system, Linnaeus suggested seven taxonomic ranks ; Kingdom, phylum (division), class, order, family, genus and species. In 1977, the rank of domain was added to this system.m The taxonomic rank are defined as below:

1. Domain: The highest taxonomic rank is domain. All organism are divided into three domains; Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya.

2. kingdom: Domain is Further divided into kingdoms.For example, the domain Eukarya is divided into four kingdom. Animalia, Plantae, Fungi and Protista.

3. Phylum (Division: for plants and fungi): Each kingdom is subdivided into related phyla or divisions.
4. Class: Each phylum/division is divided into related classes.

5. Order: Each class is further divided into related orders.

6. Family: Each order is broken down into related families.

7. Genus: Each family is divided into related genera (Singular genus).

8. Species: A species is a group of similar organism that can interbreed and produce fertile (Capable of reproduction) offspring.

Taxonomic Ranks

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All data collected from my book of Biology.