Question

Identify the correct sequence of taxa in a taxonomic hierarchy.

• A. Species – Order – Kingdom – Phylum – Class – Genus
• B. Genus – Species – Order – Kingdom – Class – Phylum
• C. Species – Genus – Order – Class – Phylum – Kingdom
• D. Genus – Order – Species – Phylum – Kingdom – Class

Answer 1

The correct option is C Species – Genus – Order – Class – Phylum – Kingdom

Taxonomic hierarchy is the arrangement of all living organisms into successive levels of the biological classification, either in a decreasing or an increasing order from kingdom to species and vice versa. Each level in the hierarchy is called a taxon.

The correct order of the taxa in a taxonomic hierarchy among the given options are:
Species – Genus – Order – Class – Phylum – Kingdom