EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -A taxon is a unit of classification. It includes a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class. Species is the lowest level of classification. A kingdom is the highest level of classification.

Detailed explanation-2: -Species is the basic unit of classification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Species is considered as smallest taxonomical group in biological classification. Linnaeus was the first to establish and define hierarchy of taxonomic categories. The general accepted categories follows the order : Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species .

Detailed explanation-4: -Biological classification uses taxonomic ranks, including among others (in order from most inclusive to least inclusive): Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, and Strain.

Detailed explanation-5: -A taxon is defined as a collection of one or more populations of organisms. Taxa are the hierarchical divisions of a species from Kingdom to subspecies. Some taxonomic groupings are uniformly classified in the plant, protist, and animal categorization.