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Difference between taxonomic category and taxonomic hierarchy?

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  1. ​The individual levels of grouping or ranks that are part of the classification system is called a taxonomic category.
  2. The arrangement of an organism into different levels of biological classification is called taxonomic hierarchy.

Taxonomic category
Taxonomic hierarchy
1. Taxonomic category defines a single level of classification or a single category.
1. Taxonomic hierarchy shows multiple levels of classification of the same organism.
2. A single organism can be part belong to a single taxon at a specific level.
2. A single organism that can be part of multiple taxa when it comes to different levels of taxonomic hierarchy.
3. Class or Phylum is one of the taxonomic category. Humans belong to the taxonomic category of phylum Chordata.
3. Humans have different levels of hierarchy where starting from Kingdom Animalia to genus Homo and species sapiens all belong to taxonomic hierarchy.


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