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In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared ...
Biological classification is how biologists group organisms. A hierarchy of important ranks. The classification has its root in the work of Aristotle who ...
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The major ranks: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, applied to the red fox, Vulpes vulpes.
It is a group of related taxonomic orders. ... Other well-known ranks in descending order of size are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and ...
In biology, a kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Kingdoms are divided into smaller groups called phyla (singular phylum).