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Identify the correct sequence of taxa in Linnaean hierarchy.
  1. Species, genus, family, order, class
  2. Class, family, species, genus, order
  3. Species, genus, phylum, family, class
  4. Phylum, class, family, species, order

A
Species, genus, phylum, family, class
B
Class, family, species, genus, order
C
Phylum, class, family, species, order
D
Species, genus, family, order, class
Solution
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The taxa are the hierarchical ranks which are used for the classification of the organisms. In biological classification, rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy. The correct sequence of groups from most to least inclusive is Kingdom- Phylum- Class- Order- Family- Genus-Species.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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