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Which of the following taxon includes more similar members than the members of a class?

A
An order
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A phylum
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A genus
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A species
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A family
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Solution

The correct option is D A phylum
Th hierarchical system of classification allows the distribution of the organisms in different groups on the basis of their similarities and differences. The taxon is kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Here, the taxa phylum comes before class which describes that there are more number of similar members in the phylum compared to class.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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