Basic unit or smallest taxon of taxonomy/classification is
Options
(a) species
(b) kingdom
(c) family
(d) variety
Correct Answer:
species
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Variety is more basic than species. The correct answer therefore must be variety. BUT since only species have a real existence in nature, others are merely man-made convenient and arbitrary groups without actual existence in nature. Species is regarded as the basic unit of classification.