Grus mexicanus Müller 1776 (crane)

Aves - Gruiformes - Gruidae

Alternative combination: Ardea mexicana

Synonym: Grus haydeni Marsh 1870

Belongs to Grus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Bickart 1990, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915 and Wetmore 1928

Sister taxa: Grus americana, Grus conferta, Grus grus, Grus japonensis, Grus latipes, Grus marshi, Grus melitensis, Grus minor, Grus moldavica, Grus monacha, Grus nannodes, Grus nigricollis, Grus pagei, Grus pentellici, Grus primigenia, Grus proavus, Grus turfa

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Grus mexicanus in the database

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