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प्रश्न
Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.
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उत्तर
The basic level of classification is species, followed by genus, family, order, class, phylum or division, in ascending order. The highest level of classification is known as a kingdom. So each of these categories can be called a taxon.
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