Daption capense Linnaeus 1758 (Cape petrel)

Aves - Procellariiformes - Procellariidae

Alternative combination: Procellaria capensis

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

Belongs to Daption according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Linnaeus 1758

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mason Bay, Stewart Island (Canterbury Museum collections) (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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