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It is important to note what has been described as the ‘inherent fluidity’ of the classification of organisms such as mammals (Wilson and Reeder 2005b, xix). Comparison of different classifications, such as those summarised by Rose and Archibald (2005, 3), shows that change is constant and of several kinds. The differences between the influential classifications by Simpson (1945) and Wilson and Reeder (2005a) illustrate this. Other changes reflect new conclusions about relationships within orders. An examination of change in zoological taxonomy shows that it has at least two major causes: new theories about the relationships between species, and new ideas about the information a classification should convey. In recent decades major changes have been caused by molecular studies, which have led to new theories about the relationships between species, and cladistics, which represents a new conception of how a classification should reflect those relationships. In zoological classification the taxon, ‘a group of organisms that is recognised as a formal unit’ (Lecointre and Le Guyader 2006, 23), has long been a key concept. In cladistic philosophy, a higher taxon (any taxon above species level) must be a clade: a group composed of an ancestral species, all of its descendants, and no other organisms (Groves 2001a, 9). Ancestry is seen as the only criterion for classification. Ensure health of entire genus of livestock is the primary task- aiming this our team is showing their commitment worldwide.