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What taxon contains the fewest species?
The Kingdom is the largest and most inclusive of the taxonomic categories. Species is the smallest and least inclusive of the taxonomic categories.
What taxon has the most species?
Insect species represent the largest percentage of the world’s known species. Beetles make up about one-third of all known insect species.
What group contains the smallest number of organisms?
species
In the hierarchy of classification, a species will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common.
What is the smallest and most significant taxon?
The smallest and most significant taxon is: Genus.
Which of the following is the least level of classification?
The current taxonomic system now has eight levels in its hierarchy, from lowest to highest, they are: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain.
What is the lowest taxon that would include both crow species?
What is the lowest taxon that would include both crow species? ◘ The lowest taxon (taxonomic group) between both crow species is genus. The habitats of different populations often overlap, so any one habitat usually contains several species.
What taxon consists of one or more genera?
Biology chapter 17 terms
| A | B |
|---|---|
| genus | taxonomic group of closely related species with a common ancestor |
| family | taxonomic group of similar, related genera that is smaller than a genus and larger than an order |
| order | taxonomic group that contains related families |
| class | taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders |
Which taxon is the smallest?
Smallest taxonomic group containing organisms of different species is GENUS .
Which level is the smallest and has only one kind of organism?
b) A species contains only one type of organism. NOTE: In the system developed by Linnaeus, the kingdom was the biggest, broadest group. More recently scientists have added an additional level above the kingdom called a “domain”.
Which is the lowest taxonomic unit?
Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/ classification is species. Species is a group of individuals that remain relatively constant in their characteristics; can be distinguished from other species and do not normally interbreed.
What is the smallest lowest classification group?
Species
Species is the smallest and least inclusive of the taxonomic categories. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Is a group of closely related genera?
A group of related genera make up a Family. Related families make up an Order. Related orders are grouped into a Class. Related classes are grouped into a Phylum or Division.