Taxon
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In biology, a taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism, or organisms, as seen by taxonomists to form a biological unit;. Although neither is required, a taxon, once its description h
African elephants form the genus Loxodonta, a widely accepted taxon.
Taxonomy (biology)
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In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Modern approaches prioritize common ancestry and evolut
Description of rare animals (写生珍禽图), by Song dynasty painter Huang Quan (903–965)
Title page of Systema Naturae, Leiden, 1735
Evolution of the vertebrates at class level, width of spindles indicating number of families. Spindle diagrams are typical for evolutionary taxonomy.
The same relationship, expressed as a cladogram typical for cladistics