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 |
|---|---|
| Dendrolagus | — |
| Curculionoidea | — |
| Dryophthorinae | — |
| Calosphaeriales | — |
| Macropodiformes | — |
| musky rat-kangaroo | marsupial |
| Lagorchestes | — |
| Cnidaria | phylum |
| Phalangeridae | mammal family |
| Curculioninae | — |
| Potoroidae | mammal family |
| Ursinae | — |
| Picramniaceae | — |
| Thylogale | — |
| Platyhelminthes | animal phylum |
| Tremarctinae | taxonomic subfamily |
| Kodiak bear | subspecies |
| Vombatidae | mammal family |
| Basidiomycota | phylum |
| Ardeotis | — |
| Pythonidae | — |
| Peramelemorphia | taxonomic order |
| Canidae | — |
| Bovidae | taxonomic family |
| Anisophylleaceae | — |
| Nematoda | phylum |
| Tragelaphus | — |
| Annelida | phylum |
| Chamaecyparis | — |
|
Black robin
surface form:
Petroica traversi
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— |
| Ranunculales | — |
| Chelidonium | — |
| Ursus | — |
| Theria | — |
| Feliformia | — |
| Mustelidae | taxonomic family |
| Otariidae | mammal family |
| Phocidae | mammal family |
| Odobenidae | — |
| Ailuridae | mammal family |
| Nandiniidae | mammal family |
| Eupleridae | taxonomic family |
| Mollusca | phylum |
| Calocedrus | — |
| Manouria | — |
| Meconopsis | — |
| Mephitidae | mammal family |
| Macropus | — |
| Lycaon | — |
| Pongo | — |