Basic unit of classification is known as

A. Genus

B. Order

C. Species

D. Family

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Basic unit of classification is known as Species.
The science of classification is the classification of living and extinct organisms that is biological classification.
The basis for the biological classification scheme is similarity of morphology (shape) and phylogeny (evolutionary history). The processes that led to these similarities are also used in biological classification.