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प्रश्न
Illustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and an animal.
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उत्तर
The arrangement of various taxa in a hierarchical order is called a taxonomic hierarchy.
In this hierarchy, species is present at the lowest level, whereas kingdom is present at the highest level.
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Kingdom ↑ Phylum or division ↑ Class ↑ Order ↑ Family ↑ Genus ↑ Species A Taxonomic hierarchy |
Classification of a plant
As an example, let us classify Solanum melongena (Brinjal).
Kingdom – Plantae
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Dicotyledonae
Order – Solanales
Family – Solanaceae
Genus – Solanum
Species – melongena
Classification of an animal
As an example, let us classify Columba livia (Blue Rock Dove).
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Columbiformes
Family – Columbidae
Genus – Columba
Species – livia
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Can you identify the correct sequence of taxonomical categories?
Define and understand the following term:
Phylum
Define and understand the following term:
Class
Define and understand the following term:
Family
Define and understand the following term:
Genus
Name one example of the animal which shows the following characteristics:
Fixed animals with a pore-bearing body:
Name one example of the animal which shows the following characteristics:
Star-shaped body:
Find the odd one out. Give reason.
sea urchin, starfish, brittle star, jellyfish
Find the odd one out. Give reason.
jellyfish, hydra, sea anemone, butterfly
Amphibians do not have the following
Corals are
Classify the following organisms based on the absence/presence of true coelom (i.e., acoelomate, pseudocoelomate and coelomate)
Spongilla, Sea anemone, Planaria, Liver fluke Wuchereria, Ascaris, Nereis, Earthworm, Scorpion, Birds, Fishes, Horse.
Animals belonging to phylum protozoa reproduce by fission.
In the system of classification, which one of the following is NOT a category?
As we go from species to kingdom in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics ______.
Which of the following ‘suffixes’ used for units of classification in plants indicates a taxonomic category of ‘family’?
Genus represents ______.
Brinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solanum, but to two different species. What defines them as seperate species?
