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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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