infracohort

infracohort
one of the ranks used in classifying animal life forms; an infracohort is more specific than a subcohort and more general than a subtercohort

taxonomists have been inventing a confusing raft of ranks, such as phalanxes, infracohorts and supertribes


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  • Taxonomic rank — In biological classification, rank is the level (the relative position) in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories. The rank of… …   Wikipedia

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