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Which of the following taxonomic categories contains all the others listed here?

order
genus
species
family
class

User Ben Zifkin
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The correct answer is class.

Taxonomic category (rank) is the level of a group of organisms in a taxonomic hierarchy. The major ranks are domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Higher rank has more general characteristics of organisms. The lowest rank-species contains most specific descriptions of life forms in it.

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