taxon

/tak-son/US // ˈtæk sɒn //UK // (ˈtæksɒn) //

分类群,类群,分类法,分类群组

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural tax·a [tak-suh]. /ˈtæk sə/.
- : a taxonomic category, as a species or genus.

Taxol′ogy, the science of classification; Taxon′omer, a taxonomist.
Other entries are first usages, in chronological order, of other names (synonyms) that have been applied to the taxon in question.
The second entry is the name-combination herein applied to the taxon.
Because there is considerable variation correlated with sex and size, each taxon occurs in the key in more than one couplet.
The last specialization is seen in at least one taxon of Orthogeomys (Orthogeomys cherriei costaricensis).