Identify the target species and follow its essential classification upward. The immediately higher genus is proximate; higher ones are remote. For a what-are-these question, find the closest common genus covering all the named species. This separates the classification of a genus relative to a species from the answer chosen for a particular comparison.
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A practical genus test
Proximate and Remote Genus and Differentia
Identify the target species and follow its essential classification upward. The immediately higher genus is proximate; higher ones are remote. For a what-are-these question, find the closest common genus covering all the named species. This separates the classification of a genus relative to a species from the answer chosen for a particular comparison.