What is the main characteristic that differentiates one order from another in taxonomic classification?
What is the main characteristic that differentiates one order from another in taxonomic classification?
The number of similar characters
The number of different characters
The number of similar families
The number of different genera
Solution
Generally, order and other higher taxonomic categories are identified based on the aggregates of characters, and order being a higher category, is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few similar characters.