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.
Observed surface forms (34)
- taxonomic family ×24
- taxonomic group ×15
- taxonomic order ×10
- phylum ×9
- mammal family ×7
- subspecies ×7
- ascomycete ×5
- marsupial ×5
- subphylum ×5
- taxonomic subfamily ×4
- biological class ×2
- fungal genus ×2
- model organism ×2
- animal phylum ×1
- beetle family ×1
- clade of mammals ×1
- dinosaur genus ×1
- domain of life ×1
- extinct animal subspecies ×1
- extinct taxon ×1
- fossil taxon ×1
- fungal class ×1
- fungal phylum ×1
- genus of tortoises ×1
- insect family ×1
- mammalian family ×1
- marsupial order ×1
- monotypic genus ×1
- paraphyletic group ×1
- reptile family ×1
- reptile taxon ×1
- rhinoceros subspecies ×1
- subspecies of cougar ×1
- superphylum ×1
Instances (372)
- Balaenidae via concept surface "taxonomic family"
- Physocarpus
- Testudines via concept surface "taxonomic order"
- Cervidae
- Xerospermophilus
- Sciuridae via concept surface "mammal family"
- Numididae
-
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
via concept surface "subspecies"
surface form: chicken
- Protista via concept surface "taxonomic group"
- Microbiota via concept surface "monotypic genus"
- Megapodiidae
- Actinopterygii
- Archaea via concept surface "domain of life"
- Kerria
- Tasmanian devil via concept surface "marsupial"
- Ficus
- Broussonetia
- Fatoua
- Artocarpus
- Bagassa
- Dorstenia
- Artiodactyla via concept surface "taxonomic order"
- Pinaceae
- Bennett’s tree-kangaroo via concept surface "marsupial"
- Dirachma
- swamp wallaby via concept surface "marsupial"
- Paradichrostachys
- Bornean pygmy elephant via concept surface "subspecies"
- Tyrannosaurus via concept surface "dinosaur genus"
- Patagotitan mayorum via concept surface "fossil taxon"
- Titanosauria
- Tyrannosauridae via concept surface "taxonomic family"
- Accipitridae
- Cactaceae
- Pipile
- Mitu
- Castilla
- Cryptodira
- Epigonichthys
- Masarinae via concept surface "taxonomic subfamily"
- Zethinae
- Vespa
- Polistinae
- Eumeninae
- Magnolia
- Stenogastrinae
- Penelope
- Crax
- Euparagiinae
- Nothocrax