A taxonomist is studying a newly discovered organism. They find it to be eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, with chitinous cell walls and exhibiting absorptive nutrition. Based solely on these characteristics, to which of the following taxonomic groups could the organism most precisely be assigned?
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Domain Eukarya
Class Ascomycetes
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Which of the following is correctly sequenced?
Phylum, class, order, family
Phylum, order, class, genus
Phylum, class, family, order
Phylum, order, family, class
Arrange the following in ascending similar characteristic
I. Family II. Genus III. Class IV. Species
III, I, II, IV
IV, II, I, III
I, II, III, IV
III, II, I, IV
 Solanum and Panthera are
Genus and species         Â
Genus and genus
Species and species
Only species
Which one of the following has a real existence?
Genus
Species
Family
Order
Why hierarchiral taxonomic system is used?
As each higher taxonomic category contains it is below groups/categories
It is helpful to established classifications
All taxonomic categories reflect common habitats
Taxonomic group shows similar characters and have no evolutionary relationship
A genus with a single species is called
Typical
Polytype
Monotype
Syntype
Select the wrong statements.
(I) Lower the taxon, more are the characteristics that the member within the taxon share.
(II) Order is the assemblage of genera which exhibit a few similar characters.
(III) Cat and dog are included in the same family-Felidae.
(Iv) Binomial nomenclature was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus.
I and II
II and III
III
II and IV
Which of the following classification is based in some morphological characters?
Natural
Phylogenetic
Artificial
Chemotaxonomic
Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence.
Genus
Species
Phylum
Kingdom
A taxon is a
Group of related families
Group of related species
Type of living organism
Taxonomic group of any ranking