Tapinopus Milne-Edwards 1891 (New World vulture)

Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Parent taxon: Cathartidae according to C. Gaillard 1939

See also Gaillard 1908 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Breagyps, Cathartes, Cathartidarum, Cathartinae, Coragyps, Dryornis, Gymnogyps, Kuntur, Pliogyps, Sarcoramphus, Vultur, Vulturinae

Subtaxa: Tapinopus ellioti

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tapinopus in the database

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