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Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

This dimension nests a taxon inside the larger group it belongs to. Wikipedia notes "Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora commonly referred to as cats," placing one taxonomic rank directly inside the next. Browsing this way lets a visitor move from a broad group down into its named subgroups.

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Taxonomic Rank Order

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Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Animalia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Aves

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Mammalia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Carnivora

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Insecta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Plantae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Primates

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chordata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Arthropoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cetacea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Echinodermata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Felidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Fungi

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Passeriformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Protista

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Bacteria

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Mollusca

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Reptilia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Actinopterygii

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Amphibia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cnidaria

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Eukarya

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Canidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Magnoliophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Archaea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Accipitriformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Actinobacteria

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Annelida

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Anseriformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Anthozoa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Anura

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Apicomplexa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Apodiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Arachnida

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Artiodactyla

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ascomycota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Asteroidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Atelidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Bacteroidetes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Balaenopteridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Basidiomycota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Bivalvia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Blattodea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Bryophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Bryozoa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Callitrichidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Canis

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Caudata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cebidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cephalopoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cercopithecidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Charadriiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chilopoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chiroptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chlorophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chondrichthyes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Chytridiomycota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ciliophora

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cingulata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Coleoptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Columbiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Corvidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Crenarchaeota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Crinoidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Crocodilia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ctenophora

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cyanobacteria

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cycadophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cyclostomata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Cypriniformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Delphinidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Diplopoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Diprotodontia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Diptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Echinoidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Euglenozoa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Eulipotyphla

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Eupleridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Euryarchaeota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Falconiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Felis

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Firmicutes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Fringillidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Galliformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Gastropoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ginkgophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Glomeromycota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Gymnophiona

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hemiptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Herpestidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hirundinidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Holothuroidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hominidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hyaenidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hydrozoa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Hymenoptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Indriidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lagomorpha

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lemuridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Leopardus

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lepidoptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Liliopsida

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lorisidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lycopodiophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Lynx

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Magnoliopsida

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Malacostraca

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Mantodea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Marchantiophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Monodontidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Monotremata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Mucoromycota

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Mustelidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Nematoda

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Nemertea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Odobenidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Odonata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Onychophora

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ophiuroidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Orthoptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Otariidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Panthera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Paridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Pelecaniformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Perciformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Perissodactyla

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Phocidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Phocoenidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Physeteridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Piciformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Pilosa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Pinophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Platyhelminthes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Polyplacophora

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Porifera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Proboscidea

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Procellariiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Procyonidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Proteobacteria

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Psittaciformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Pteridophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Puma

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Rhodophyta

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Rhynchocephalia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Rodentia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Rotifera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Salmoniformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Scyphozoa

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Sirenia

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Sphenisciformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Squamata

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Strigiformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Struthioniformes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Tardigrada

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Testudines

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Trichoptera

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Turdidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Ursidae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Viverridae

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Vulpes

Parent Taxon (Taxonomy Tree)

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank

WikipediaTaxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, class

Quote, Taxonomic rank, Fundamental ranks section, rank sequence sentence, class

kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species

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