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In biological classification, rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, class, kingdom, etc. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms.xamples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, class, kingdom, etc. A given rank subsumes under it less general categories, that is, more specific descriptions of life forms.
In traditional Linnean taxonomy, there is a set of official ranks (from smallest to largest, species, genus, family, order, class, phylum) (later workers added additional intermediate ranks, such as tribes, subfamilies, superfamilies, subphyla, etc.); The primary unit is the species (pl. species): Refers to a specific kind of organism.