Species and Taxon

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Species

Species noun - (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed.
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Taxon and species are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taxon" instead a noun "Species".
Nearby Word: specie

Taxon

Taxon noun - Animal or plant group having natural relations.
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Species and taxon are semantically related. You can use "Species" instead a noun "Taxon".

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  • Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (True Dinosaurs) Dilophosaurus was first described in 1954 in Arizona from scant remains lacking the head, and was initially thought to be another species of the "wastebasket taxon" Megalosaurus.
    Source: Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (True Dinosaurs)
  • Non-Mammal Mammaries Weird example: In the nature Mockumentary book Snouters, one species of this fictious mammal taxon always sports prominent breasts resembling those of humans... even in males.
    Source: Non-Mammal Mammaries
  • Under modern cladistic criteria (a significant minority of scientists still use the old classification system), a taxon has to include all species deriving from a common ancestor.
    Source: Grandfather Clause
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