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 |
|---|---|
| Strigidae | taxonomic family |
| Zosteropidae | — |
| northern spotted owl | subspecies |
| Hirundinidae | — |
| Pterocliformes | taxonomic order |
| Sulidae | — |
| Tytonidae | taxonomic family |
| Corvidae | — |
| Motacillidae | — |
| Phalacrocoracidae | — |
| Campephagidae | — |
| Prunus | — |
| Platycladus | — |
| Bombycillidae | — |
| Threskiornithidae | — |
| Procellariidae | — |
| Acanthizidae | — |
| Pudu | — |
| Monotremata | — |
|
Microbiotheria (fossil eutherians sometimes historically misassigned)
surface form:
Microbiotheria
|
— |
| Juramaia | fossil taxon |
| Eomaia | fossil taxon |
| Ciconiidae | — |
| Passeri | — |
| Tanagridae sensu lato | — |
| Kermode bear | subspecies |
| Aegithalidae | — |
| Charadriidae | — |
| Macleaya | — |
| Euphoniinae | — |
| Lentibulariaceae | — |
| Peronosporaceae | — |
| Chelonia | — |
| Cheloniidae | taxonomic family |
| Alaudidae | — |
| Elaphodus | — |
| Glires | taxonomic group |
| Sciurognathi | — |
| Anomaluromorpha | — |
| Xerini | — |
| Protoxerini | — |
| Xerus | — |
| Funisciurus | — |
| Paraxerus | — |
| Protoxerus | — |
| Callospermophilus | — |
| Poliocitellus | — |
| Urocitellus | — |
| Dermochelys | — |
|
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
surface form:
Norway rat
|
model organism |