Question

What is the correct hierarchy of taxonomic groups, from largest to smallest?

Choose one answer.
a. family, genus, species, subspecies
b. genus, family, subspecies, species
c. family, genus, subspecies,species
d. genus, family, species, subspecies

Answer 1

A. FAMILY, GENUS, SPECIES, SUBSPECIES.

The complete and correct hierarchy of taxonomic groups from largest to smallest are:
1) Domain
1.1) Archaea 1.2) Bactera 1.3) Eukarya
2) Kingdom
2.1) Animalia 2.2) Plantae 2.3) Fungi 2.4) Protista 2.5) Archaea 2.6) Bacteria
3) Phylum - has 35 phyla
4) Class
5) Order
6) Family
7) Genus
8) Species