Family Tetraonidae Linnaeus 1758 (grouse)
Reptilia - Galliformes - Galloidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Galloidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Crowe et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Peterson 1999, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxon: Perdicidae
Subtaxa: Palaealectoris Pediocaetes
Ecology: volant browser
Distribution: