# Question about categories **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 11, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-categories/65024 "2025-05-11T21:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![twainwright](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/twainwright/32/304_2.png) [@twainwright](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/twainwright)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-categories/65024/5 "2025-05-11T23:47:33Z")
Yes, those broad categories (also known as “iconic taxa” if you want to search for more info) are limited to a few common groups. Everything not in those select groups winds up under the “unknown” category (the grey leaf with question mark) in searches. There are a couple (rather old) feature requests to expand the list: [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/make-crustaceans-and-myriapods-iconic-taxa/996](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/make-crustaceans-and-myriapods-iconic-taxa/996) [https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/create-iconic-taxa-for-bacteria-archaea-and-viruses/1464](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/create-iconic-taxa-for-bacteria-archaea-and-viruses/1464) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/question-about-categories/65024)._