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Bubo scandiacus (snowy owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Strix scandiaca was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nyctea scandiaca by Harrison (1987), Bedetti and Pavia (2007); it was recombined as Bubo scandiaca by Mlikovsky (2002); it was recombined as Bubo scandiacus by Clements et al. (2017), Carrera et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strix scandiaca Linnaeus p. 92
1987Nyctea scandiaca Harrison
2002Bubo scandiaca Mlikovsky p. 215
2007Nyctea scandiaca Bedetti and Pavia p. 498 figs. Pl 2, figs A,B,G,L.N
2017Bubo scandiacus Clements et al.
2018Bubo scandiacus Carrera et al. p. 158 figs. Pl 2, figs 3-5

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyStrigidaeVigors 1825
genusBuboDumeril 1806
speciesscandiacus()

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.

Bubo scandiacus Linnaeus 1758 [snowy owl]
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:55:38
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:55:38
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom Nyctea scandiaca (124957)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Nyctea scandiaca (152653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Nyctea scandiaca (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Bubo scandiacus (197769) Nyctea scandiaca (194932)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Nyctea scandiaca (229484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Bubo scandiacus (228444)