Difference between Conspecific and Taxon

What is the difference between Conspecific and Taxon?

Conspecific as a noun is an organism belonging to the same species as another while Taxon as a noun is any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspecies

Conspecific

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of, or belonging to the same species

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An organism belonging to the same species as another

Taxon

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of the taxonomic categories such as phylum or subspeciesA specific taxonomic category above superfamily and below infraorder; a parvorder

We hope you now know whether to use Conspecific or Taxon in your sentence.

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