ᱥᱟᱯᱲᱟᱣᱢᱮ ᱣᱤᱠᱤᱯᱤᱰᱤᱭᱟ:Automated taxobox system/intro (ᱦᱟᱹᱴᱤᱧ)

====Autotaxobox templates====

The autotaxobox templates use the taxonomy templates to show a taxonomic hierarchy in a taxobox. {{As of|2018|December}}, there are eight top-level display templates, including:
#[[Template:Automatic taxobox]] is used for taxa at the rank of genus and above.<ref name=Note1/>
#[[Template:Speciesbox]] is used for species. Species don't normally need to be connected to their parent genus via a taxonomy template because the genus name is part of the name of the species. So there aren't usually any templates with names of the form "Template:Taxonomy/''genus'' ''species''". Hence species and lower ranks need to be handled a little differently from higher ranked taxa.
#[[Template:Subspeciesbox]] is used for subspecies whose names are governed by the zoological code (''ICZN''). This provides for three-part names (trinomials) without a "connecting term" (e.g. ''Junkia communis communis'').
#[[Template:Infraspeciesbox]] is used for ranks below species (e.g. subspecies, varieties) whose names are governed by the botanical code (''ICN''). This provides for three-part names with a connecting term (e.g. ''Junkia communis'' subsp. ''communis'' or ''Junkia communis'' var. ''communis'').
#[[Template:Hybridbox]] is used for animals that are hybrids within the same genus, so have scientific names of the form ''Panthera tigris'' × ''P. leo''. (Plant hybrids are usually given a single nothospecific epithet, so Speciesbox can be used).
#[[Template:Virusbox]] is used instead of the other templates for all virus taxa.

These templates are alternatives to the manual Taxobox template, and require less information. Thus, ''provided that the taxonomy templates already existed,'' an article  whose title was ''Felis'' which was about the animal genus ''Felis'' could use a template like the following:
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Felis''<!--needed because this is not on the page called "Felis"-->
| taxon = Felis
}}
<div style="width:36em;"><pre><nowiki>{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Felis
}}</nowiki></pre></div>
which generates the taxobox shown on the right.

Notice how the ranks above the genus ''Felis'' have been supplied automatically in the taxobox, using the taxonomy templates. (Have a look at [[Template:Taxonomy/Felis]], for example.)

(If the Automatic taxobox template above is placed on the page whose title is exactly "Felis", then even the <tt>taxon = </tt> line can be omitted, as the name of the taxon will be picked up from the title of the page. However, <em>this practice is deprecated</em>. Specifying the taxon parameter documents the taxobox and ensures that it remains correct if the page is moved.)

In a real use, other parameters would also be needed, e.g. to supply an image and a caption for it, or to supply an authority for the genus name.
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For a species, such as ''Felis chaus'', a template like this could be used:
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Felis chaus
}}
<div style="width:36em;"><pre><nowiki>{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Felis chaus
}}</nowiki></pre></div>
which generates the taxobox shown on the right.