Lagopus muta Montin 1781 (rock ptarmigan)

Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Alternative combinations: Lagopus mutus, Tetrao mutus

Belongs to Lagopus according to L. Carrera et al. 2018

See also Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak 1998, Clements et al. 2017, Mlikovsky 2002, Seward et al. 2006 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Lagopus atavus, Lagopus balcanicus, Lagopus lagopus, Lagopus leucura, Lagopus voinstvenskii

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Greenland (10), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Norway (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Virginia)

Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence

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