TaxonWordNet Explorer

animal or plant group having natural relations

a group of plants or animals

extinct small mostly diurnal lower primates that fed on leaves and fruit; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; their descendents probably include the lemurs; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

extinct tiny nocturnal lower primates that fed on fruit and insects; abundant in North America and Europe 30 to 50 million years ago; probably gave rise to the tarsiers; some authorities consider them ancestral to anthropoids but others consider them only cousins

the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

(biology) a taxonomic group comprising a major division of a kingdom

(biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics

(biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes