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Taxon

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Unit of biological populations

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Order of amphibians

Gill-bearing non-tetrapod aquatic vertebrates

Class of arthropods

Warm-blooded vertebrates with wings and feathers

Subfamily of small spiny mammals

Phylum of microscopic animals, also known as water bears

American black bear

Species of bear

Family of spiders

Asian water monitor

Species of lizard

Domesticated rodent from South America

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taxon described on the basis of fossil material

biological taxon with no living specimens

Paraphyletic group

in cladistic analysis, an ancestral species and some, but not all, of its descendants

Monotypic taxon

Taxonomic group with only one subordinate taxon

Evolutionary grade

Non-monophyletic grouping of organisms united by morphological or physiological characteristics

Plant or grouping of plants selected for desirable characteristics

Group of a common ancestor and all descendants

Basic unit of taxonomic classification, below genus

Strain (biology)

Genetic variant, subtype or culture within a biological species

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In biology, a taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism, or organisms, as seen by taxonomists to form a biological unit; (taxon: back-formation from taxonomy; pl.: taxa). Although neither is required, a taxon, once its description has become established, is usually known by a particular name and is given a particular ranking.

Instance of

second-order class

Subclass of

group or class of organisms

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