noun
biological classification
Scientific term for the systematic categorization of living organisms into hierarchical groups such as kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
生物分類は、生物を界・門・綱・目・科・属・種に分ける体系です。
Biological classification is a system that divides living things into kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
分類学 is the broader field of taxonomy, while 生物分類 specifically refers to the classification of living organisms.
Compound of 生物 (living thing) and 分類 (classification). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern scientific coinage.