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Published on: August 20, 2026
Which of the following statements about classification is not true?
(I) Members of a family are less similar than members of an included genus
(II) An order has more members than the number of members in an included genus
(III) Families have more members than phyla
(IV) Members of a family share a common ancestor in the more distant past than members of an included genus
(V) The number of species in a taxon depends on their relative degree of similarity.
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A
Only statement III is false: Families have fewer members than phyla.
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