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Which taxon contains the largest number of species?


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Taxon:

  1. Taxon means a particular level of hierarchy in the classification of living beings.
  2. It is arranged from Kingdom to subspecies (kingdom, phylum, family, order, genus, species).

Kingdom:

  1. The kingdom is the taxon that contains the largest number of species.
  2. It is the broadest division in which the organisms are grouped in taxonomy.
  3. R.H Whittaker gave the five-kingdom classification.
  4. This classification includes kingdoms Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.

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