suborder
Below order, above
A suborder is a taxonomic rank in biological classification, falling between order and family.
It groups organisms that share characteristics distinguishing them from other members of the same order but aren't different enough to warrant separate orders: Primates are divided into two suborders—one containing lemurs and lorises, the other containing monkeys and apes.
Classification above family
- subfamilyTaxonomic rank below family
- familyRelated people together
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
subclass · superorder · phylum · class · taxon · clade · lineage · rank
Order of higher mammals
- insectaArthropod class, six legs
- organismsIndividual living entities
- faunaAnimal life collectively
- floraPlants of a region
morphology · anatomy · evolution · biodiversity · specimens · characteristics · traits
superfamily
Classification above family
species · subclass · superorder · phylum · class · taxon · clade · lineage · rank · classification
primates
Order of higher mammals
flora · morphology · anatomy · evolution · biodiversity · specimens · characteristics · traits
- taxakingdom, species, subspecies, phylum, Rodentia
- insect taxonomyLepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, genus, species
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum
- order theorylattice, upper bound, lower bound, comparable, incomparable
- subgroups
- subordinate clausesGrammatically incomplete sentence fragments
subordinate, insubordinate, insubordination, subordination, subordinated, insubordinates