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Colinus virginianus (northern bobwhite)

Reptilia - Odontophoridae

Taxonomy
Tetrao virginianus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Colinus.

It was recombined as Callipepla virginianus by Harris (1987); it was recombined as Colinus virginianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Steadman et al. (2003), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao virginianus Linnaeus
1930Colinus virginianus Hay p. 327
1931Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 32
1940Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 45
1956Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 54
1962Colinus virginianus Wetmore
1987Callipepla virginianus Harris
1992Colinus virginianus Parmalee p. 312
2003Colinus virginianus Steadman et al.
2017Colinus virginianus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyOdontophoridae
genusColinusGoldfuss 1820
speciesvirginianus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 [northern bobwhite]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (20384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (20350 20385 20415)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Pennsylvania) Colinus virginianus (20354)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (20398)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (20638 74292 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Colinus virginianus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Colinus virginianus (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Colinus virginianus (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Colinus virginianus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Colinus virginianus (82258 103991 104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Colinus virginianus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Colinus virginianus (104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Colinus virginianus (195062 195066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Colinus virginianus (195047)