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We classify living organisms for the following reasons:

To identify the organisms that have similar habit,structure,habitat or features.

For easy study of biological organisms.

To identify the similarities between those organisms.

To know the evolutionary changes of a complex species from pre-existing simpler forms.(eg: human from chimpanzee)

To know the number of organisms(approximately) discovered and to maintain a proper record.
Classification makes the study of a wide variety of organisms easier .

This helps us in understanding evolutionary history of organisms easily.

It helps in providing knowledge about origin and genetic relationship among organisms easily.

It provides information needed for all the branches of biology.

By studying anyone organisam of a group we are able to tell some characteristic about the other organisms in that group.

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