Hierarchy of Classification Groups - Biology

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Introduction

Biological classification, or scientific classification in biology, is a method of scientific taxonomy used to group and categorize organisms into groups such as genus or species. These groups are known as taxon.

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Biologist such as Ernst Haeckel, Robert Whittaker and Carl Woese have tried to classify all living organisms into broad categories called kingdoms.

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Kingdom

Phylum / Division

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

Seven chief groups make up a system in scientific classification .The groups are:

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Kingdom

• Kingdom is the largest unit of biological classification.

• In the animal kingdom, the term phylum is used instead of division , in the plant kingdom.

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Species

It is the basic unit of classification. Members of a species can breed with one another, and on growing up, the young ones look very much like the parents. No two species in a genus have the same scientific name

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