Describe the hierarchy of taxonomic categories.
- Hierarchy is the sequence of arrangement of taxanomic categories in descending order from higher to lower during classification of organisms.
- Hierarchy was first given by Linnaeus.
- There are seven categories.
- This includes kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.
Eg :- Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Mammalia
Order - Primata
Family - Hominidae
Genus - Homo
Scientific name :- Homo sapiens