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 |
|---|---|
| parma wallaby | marsupial |
| Mangifera | — |
| Anacardiaceae | — |
| Cinnamomum | — |
| Cathartes | — |
| Gymnogyps | — |
| Gymnops | — |
| Percoidei | — |
| Labroidei | — |
| Acanthuroidei | — |
| Blennioidei | — |
| Notothenioidei | — |
| Atelopus | — |
| Gobioidei | — |
| Coragyps | — |
| Podocarpaceae | — |
| Erpetoichthys | — |
| Tetraodontidae | — |
| Diodontidae | — |
| Ostraciidae | — |
| Monacanthidae | — |
| Molidae | — |
| Bufonidae | — |
| Equidae | — |
| Tapiridae | mammal family |
| Phyllocladus | — |
| Trochilus | — |
| Eudyptes | — |
| Arctocephalus | — |
| Accipiter | — |
| Poeciliidae | — |
| Fundulidae | — |
| Nothobranchiidae | — |
| Profundulidae | taxonomic family |
| Anablepidae | — |
| Goodeidae | — |
| Pandion | — |
| Rivulidae | — |
| Poecilia | — |
| Fundulus | — |
| Cyprinodon | — |
| Cyprinodontidae | — |
| Valenciidae | — |
| Xiphophorus | — |
| Geococcyx | — |
| Palaeognathae | — |
| Archosauria | — |
| Austrotaxus | monotypic genus |
| Vibrionales | — |
| Apatosaurus | fossil taxon |