question_answer 53)

  In taxonomic hierarchy family comes between (a) Class and Order          (b) Order and Genus      (c) Genus and Species   (d) Division and Class

Answer:

  (b) The taxonomic hierarchy is                 Species It is the lowest taxonomic category, e.g., Pisum sativum (pea) Genus Consists of closely related species and is ranked higher than  species, e.g., dog and wolf are kept in the same genus Canis. Family Group of related genera having several common characters form a family, e.g., cat and lion belong to same family-Felidae. Order Assemblage of a number of families having common characters is an order. Class Organisms of related order or orders having similarity are placed together in a class, e.g., rats, camels and monkeys are all included in same class-Chordata. Phylum The classes having same specific characters which are common to all of them are placed under same phylum, e.g., Phylum-Angiospermae. Kingdom Highest category of taxonomic studies, consisting of set of distinguishing common characters. The organisms having same fundamental characteristics are grouped together, e.g., Kingdom-Plantae and Animalia.