How many categories are commonly used in the taxonomic classification of all known organisms?

How many categories are commonly used in the taxonomic classification of all known organisms?
  1. 2
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. 10

Solution

Taxonomic studies of all known organisms have led to the development of common categories such as kingdom, phylum or division (for plants), class, order, family, genus and species. This totals 7 categories.

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