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of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given a taxonomic rank;...

In biological taxonomy, a domain (/dəˈmeɪn/ or /doʊˈmeɪn/) (Latin: regio), also dominion, superkingdom, realm, or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank...

biological taxonomy based on putative ancestral descent of organisms Plant taxonomy Virus classification, taxonomic system for viruses Folk taxonomy,...

Linnaean taxonomy can mean either of two related concepts: The particular form of biological classification (taxonomy) set up by Carl Linnaeus, as set...

biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy. A common system of biological classification...

In biological taxonomy, race is an informal rank in the taxonomic hierarchy for which various definitions exist. Sometimes it is used to denote a level...

In biological classification, class (Latin: classis) is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank. It is a group of related...

A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, as distinct from scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe...

resembles a traditional biological species. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses has since 1962 developed a universal taxonomic scheme for viruses;...

Look up circumscription in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In biological taxonomy, circumscription is the content of a taxon, that is, the delimitation...

designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagency group...

or governed by a king or queen. Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Kingdom (British TV series), a 2007 British...

hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used...

In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. According to the International...

Evolutionary taxonomy, evolutionary systematics or Darwinian classification is a branch of biological classification that seeks to classify organisms using...

Human taxonomy is the classification of the human species (systematic name Homo sapiens, Latin: "wise man") within zoological taxonomy. The systematic...

Chinese mythology include various myths and legends about a group of biologically distinct animals which form important motifs within Chinese mythology...

Numerical taxonomy is a classification system in biological systematics which deals with the grouping by numerical methods of taxonomic units based on...

in biological classification, is a non-obligatory taxonomic rank within the Linnaean hierarchy sometimes used in zoology. In zoological taxonomy, the...

An alliance is an informal grouping used in biological taxonomy. The term "alliance" is not a taxonomic rank defined in any of the nomenclature codes...