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25 May, 22:06

Which of the following options lists taxonomic categories in the correct order from most specific to most general?

A) genus, family, class, order, phylum

B) genus, phylum, family, order, class

C) genus, family, order, class, phylum

D) family, genus, order, phylum, class

E) family, genus, class, order, phylum

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  1. 25 May, 23:00
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    The correct answer is - C) genus, family, order, class, phylum.

    All living organisms have taxonomic categorization in order for their classification and understanding. There's multiple taxonomic categories including kingdom, phylum, class, order, suborder, family, subfamily, genus, species, with the kingdom being the least specific and the species being the most specific.

    In our example we have the genus as most specific (second most specific), than comes the family (fourth most specific), order (sixth most specific), class (seventh most specific), and the phylum (eighth most specific).

    We can take the clouded leopard and its taxonomic categorization as an example (from least to most specific):

    Kingdom - Animalia

    Phylum - Chordata

    Class - Mammalia

    Order - Carnivora

    Suborder - Feliformia

    Family - Felidae

    Subfamily - Pantherinae

    Genus - Neofelis

    Species - Neofelis nebulosa
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