Question

Explain taxonomic categories showing hierarchical arrangement in the ascending order

Answer 1

Taxonomic hierarchy is the process of arranging various groups of organisms, into successive levels of the biological classification in a sequence either in a decreasing or increasing order from kingdom to species and vice versa. Each of this level or hierarchy is called the taxonomic category or rank.

Various taxonomic categories can be arranged in ascending order as taxonomic hierarchy as shown below -

Species $\to$ Genus $\to$ Family $\to$ Order $\to$ Class $\to$ Phylum $\to$ Kingdom.

Here, Kingdom is the highest taxonomic category with a maximum number of organisms while species is the lowest category.