Question

What is a taxon and what is the taxon order of primates?

Answer 1

Taxon:

1. A taxon is a specific level of hierarchy in the classification of living things.
2. Taxonomists consider a taxon to be a group of one or more populations of an organism.
3. In increasing order, species is the most basic level of classification, followed by genus, family, order, class, phylum, or division.
4. The kingdom is the greatest degree of categorization.
5. Hence, each of these groups can be classified as a taxon.
6. A primate is a member of the biological order Primates.
7. It includes all creatures that are closely related to humans, lemurs, monkeys, and apes.