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Taxonomy vs Biogeography - What's the difference?

taxonomy | biogeography |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and biogeography

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while biogeography is (uncountable) the study of the geographical distribution of living things.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    biogeography

    English

    (wikipedia biogeography)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The study of the geographical distribution of living things
  • The geographical distribution of a particular living thing
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, Brian P. Hedlund & James T. Staley, chapter=Microbial Endemism and Biogeography, Microbial Diversity and Bioprospecting, editor=Alan T. Bull citation
    • , passage=First, any international traveler knows that many pathogenic microbes, both viral and bacterial, have distinct biogeographies .}}

    Derived terms

    * palaeobiogeography

    Related terms

    * biogeographic