Breifly explain how species can be formed by taxonomic categories?

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Breifly explain how species can be formed by taxonomic categories?

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The classification on the basis of similarities thereby creating rank or levels which are more precisely known as taxonomic categories/rank. The major defined taxonomic ranks include species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain.  Species are known to form the basis of the hierarchical classification.



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