Which of the following taxonomic categories includes all the others?

Family

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Order

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Genus

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Species

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Solution

The correct option is B Order
There are 7 taxonomic categories. They are kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, species.Order, being the highest category among the given categories,i.e., family genus, species and order, includes all the other taxonomic categories.

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