In the taxonomic categories which hierarchial arrangement i…

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In the taxonomic categories which hierarchial arrangement in ascending order is correct in case of animals?

Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Family, Order, Genus, Species

Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family, Genus, Species

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The taxonomic hierarchy was introduced by Linnaeus. It is also known as a Linnaean hierarchy. It is used to classify organisms into different categories. It includes the sequence of categories in a descending order from kingdom to species and vice versa.
The ascending order of the taxonomic hierarchy is Species Genus Family Order Class Phylum Kingdom