suborders
Ranks below orders
Suborders are taxonomic categories ranking below orders and above families, used to classify organisms with shared characteristics within a larger group.
In biology, an order like Primates contains suborders that further divide species: Lemurs belong to a different suborder than apes and humans.
The term applies in any hierarchical classification system.
Related people living together
- generaTaxonomic ranks above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- cladesMonophyletic taxonomic groups
phylogeny · Linnaean · systematics · taxa · nomenclature · hierarchy · monophyletic · rank
Order of higher mammals
- cetaceansAquatic mammals, fully marine
- carnivoresAnimals eating only meat
- reptilesCold-blooded scaly vertebrates
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
mammals · birds · fish · amphibians · arthropods · vertebrates · invertebrates
Dividing into parts
- lumpingCombining into one mass
- revisionAltering to improve
- reclassificationChanging an item's category
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
recognized · traditional · molecular · morphological · diagnostic · characteristics · distinguishing · traits
families
Related people living together
- generaTaxonomic ranks above species
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
clades · phylogeny · Linnaean · systematics · taxa · nomenclature · hierarchy · monophyletic · rank · subdivisions
primates
Order of higher mammals
- cetaceansAquatic mammals, fully marine
- carnivoresAnimals eating only meat
- reptilesCold-blooded scaly vertebrates
insects · mammals · birds · fish · amphibians · arthropods · vertebrates · invertebrates
splitting
Dividing into parts
- lumpingCombining into one mass
- revisionAltering to improve
- reclassificationChanging an item's category
disputed · recognized · traditional · molecular · morphological · diagnostic · characteristics · distinguishing · traits · features