Question

What is the correct sequence of taxonomic categories?

• A. Division, class, family, tribe, order, genus, species
• B. Division, class, order, family, tribe, genus, species
• C. Phylum, order, class, tribe, family, genus, species
• D. Class, phylum, tribe, order, family, genus, species

Answer 1

The correct option is B Division, class, order, family, tribe, genus, species

• Taxonomic category is also called Linnaean hierarchy because it was proposed by Linnaeus. Hierarchy of categories is the classification of organisms in a definite sequence of categories (taxonomic categories) in a descending order, starting from kingdom and reaching up to species or an ascending order from species to kingdom.
• The number of similar characters of categories decreases from lowest rank (species) to highest rank (kingdom). The hierarchy includes seven obligate categories _ kingdom, division or phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
• The categories are arranged in the descending sequence, keeping the kingdom at the top.

So the correct option is division, class, order, family, tribe, genus, species.