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Choose the correct option to fill in the blanks:

The term 'species' is the least (i)______. It was coined by (ii)______.


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Grade, Carl Linnaeus

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Taxon, Charles Darwin

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Taxon, John Ray

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Class, Robert Whittaker

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Solution

The correct option is C

Taxon, John Ray


The term species is the lowest taxonomic category or the least inclusive taxon. The term was coined by John Ray in his 1686 work titled "History of plants”.


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