taxon
C838
concept
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
All labels observed (53)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| taxon canonical | 3,393 |
| taxonomic family | 133 |
| mammal family | 63 |
| taxonomic group | 55 |
| fossil taxon | 52 |
| marsupial | 48 |
| subspecies | 46 |
| taxonomic order | 43 |
| fungal genus | 42 |
| phylum | 31 |
| extinct taxon | 14 |
| insect family | 12 |
| model organism | 12 |
| taxonomic subfamily | 11 |
| ascomycete | 9 |
| subphylum | 9 |
| fungal class | 8 |
| animal phylum | 5 |
| monotypic genus | 5 |
| beetle family | 3 |
| proposed taxon | 3 |
| reptile family | 3 |
| taxonomic subclass | 3 |
| biological class | 2 |
| class of organisms | 2 |
| dinosaur genus | 2 |
| extinct animal subspecies | 2 |
| fungal phylum | 2 |
| paraphyletic group | 2 |
| taxonomicClass | 2 |
| type species | 2 |
| vernacular taxon | 2 |
| animal taxon | 1 |
| carnivorous plant taxon | 1 |
| clade of mammals | 1 |
| domain of life | 1 |
| endemic taxon | 1 |
| eukaryotic taxon | 1 |
| extant taxon | 1 |
| genus of tortoises | 1 |
| global bird taxonomy | 1 |
| historical taxonomic genus | 1 |
| insect taxon | 1 |
| mammalian family | 1 |
| marsupial order | 1 |
| paraphyletic taxon | 1 |
| reptile taxon | 1 |
| rhinoceros subspecies | 1 |
| species complex | 1 |
| stramenopile taxon | 1 |
| subspecies of cougar | 1 |
| superphylum | 1 |
| taxonomic concept | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: taxon
Generated description
A taxon is a group of one or more organisms classified together as a unit in a biological taxonomy based on shared characteristics.
Instances (3,947)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ponginae | — |
| Hylobatidae | — |
| Sturnidae | — |
| Arthropoda | phylum |
| Procyonidae | mammal family |
| Hyaenidae | taxonomic family |
| Catarrhini | — |
| Heloderma | — |
| Helodermatidae | taxonomic family |
| Eriogonum | — |
| Argemone | — |
| Herpestidae | mammal family |
| Kuiornis indicator | fossil taxon |
| Deuterostomia | — |
| Hominoidea | — |
| Viverridae | mammal family |
| Homininae | — |
| Sturnus | — |
| Sylviidae | — |
| Prunellidae | — |
| Regulidae | — |
| Paridae | — |
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Horsfieldia (plant genus)
surface form:
Horsfieldia
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| Dinosauria | — |
| Archaeopteryx lithographica | fossil taxon |
| Strigiformes | taxonomic order |
| Columbiformes | taxonomic order |
| Procellariiformes | — |
| Anhimidae | — |
| Ardeidae | — |
| Fregatidae | — |
| Diomedeidae | — |
| Hydrobatidae | — |
| Oceanitidae | — |
| Apodidae | — |
| Troglodytidae | — |
| Ploceidae | — |
| Laniidae | — |
| Oriolidae | — |
| Dicruridae | — |
| Monarchidae | — |
| Pipridae | — |
| Petroicidae | — |
| Pachycephalidae | — |
| Timaliidae | — |
| Sittidae | — |
| Certhiidae | — |
| Muscicapoidea | — |
| Emberizoidea | — |
| Tyrannoidea | — |