3.Can you identify the correct sequence of taxonomical categories ?

a)species to order to phylum to kingdom

b) genus to species to order to kingdom

c) species to genus to order to phylum

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Solution

The correct hierarchical arrangement of taxonomic categories in ascending order is :-

Species → Genus → Family → Order → Class → Phylum → Kingdom

Therefore, both (a) and (c) represent correct sequences of taxonomic categories.

In sequence (b), species should be followed by genus. Therefore, it does not represent the correct sequence.

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