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 |
|---|---|
| Paroidea | — |
| Columbea | taxonomic group |
| Inopinaves | proposed taxon |
| Australaves | — |
| Tetanurae | — |
| Diapsida | — |
| Nectariniidae | — |
| Cardinalidae | — |
| Icteridae | — |
| Glaucium | — |
| Romneya | — |
| Passeridae | — |
| Emberizidae | — |
| Cinclidae | — |
| Charadriiformes | taxonomic order |
| Sphenisciformes | taxonomic order |
| Mesitornithiformes | taxonomic order |
| Tinamidae | — |
| Corcoracidae | — |
| Malaconotidae | — |
| Certhioidea | — |
| Ornithurae | — |
| Saurischia | taxonomic group |
| Amniota | — |
| Glyptostrobus | — |
| Widdringtonia | — |
| Coraciiformes | — |
| Cuculiformes | taxonomic order |
| Rheiformes | — |
| Falconidae | — |
| Cotingidae | — |
| Meliphagidae | — |
| Parulidae | — |
| Remizidae | — |
| Estrildidae | — |
| Taeniopygia | — |
|
pronghorn
surface form:
Antilocapridae
|
mammal family |
| Muscicapidae | — |
| Fitzroya | — |
| Tetraclinis | — |
| Apterygiformes | — |
| Podicipedidae | — |
| Paradisaeidae | — |
| Maluridae | — |
| Aequornithes | — |
| Chersina | — |
| Entosphenus | — |
| Petromyzontidae | taxonomic family |
| Ciconiiformes | taxonomic order |
| Alcedinidae | — |