# Confusing animals/Taxonomy Misconceptions

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/confusing-animals-taxonomy-misconceptions/29192>\
**Category:** Educators\
**Tags:** taxonomy\
**Created:** [January 20, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/confusing-animals-taxonomy-misconceptions/29192 "2022-01-20T10:04:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 8, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/confusing-animals-taxonomy-misconceptions/29192/162 "2026-09-08T21:57:33Z")

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Yes! As Jason said,

> [@List of paraphyletic groups in iNat's Taxonomy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-of-paraphyletic-groups-in-inats-taxonomy/19456/10):
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> Phylogenetic pedantry only makes nature even less accessible to laypersons, which is the opposite of iNaturalist’s purpose.

I know that Caleb is familiar with this quote, but I love it, so I wanted to share it again here, for any new forum members who might not have seen it. It’s a great term (“phylogenetic pedantry”) for something that you often see, but you might not have words to describe it.

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