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TAXONOMIC CATEGORIES,  Category is a part of taxonomic arrangement, so it is called taxonomic category.,  All categories together constitute the taxonomic hierarchy.,  Each category is also called the unit of classification or rank or taxon(pluraltaxa),  Taxonomical studies of all known organisms have led to the development of, common categories such as kingdom, phylum (for animals) or division (for, plants), class, order, family, genus and species., ,  Species,  It is the lowest or basic unit in taxonomic hierarchy.,  Species are group of closely related organism which are genetically distinct, and are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring., ,  Genus,  It is a group of related species., ,  Family,  It is a group of related genera., ,  Order,  It is a group of related families., ,  Class,  It is a group of related orders., ,  Phylum /Division,  It is a group of related classes., ,  Kingdom,  It is the highest category.,  It includes related phyla or divisions.,  Lower the taxa, more are the characteristics that the members within, the taxon share.,  Higher the category, greater is the difficulty of determining the, relationship to other taxa.

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Hierarchical arrangement of taxonomic categories, Species, Genus, Phylum/Division, , Family, Kingdom, , Order, , Taxonomic categories of human beings, Common name, , Man, , Biological name Homo sapiens, (Scientific name), Species, , sapiens, , Genus, , Homo, , Family, , Hominidae, , Order, , Primata, , Class, , Mammalia, , Phylum, , Chordata, , Kingdom, , Animalia, , Class