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A groups of species that share similarities based on common ancestry. The first part of the name used to classify an organism in the classification system made by Carolus Linnaeus

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One or more genera grouped together, distinguishes differences within an order. May be divided into subfamilies.

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A species is the most specific and basic taxonomic unit used in the classification of living organisms. Originally established as the narrowest level in Linnaean taxonomy, a species generally refers to a group of individuals capable of reproducing to yield offspring, and it constitutes the second part of an organism's scientific name.

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