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Lagopus leucura (white-tailed ptarmigan)
Taxonomy
Tetrao (Lagopus) leucurus was named by Richardson (1831). It is extant.
It was recombined as Lagopus leucurus by Emslie (1985); it was recombined as Lagopus leucura by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Lagopus leucurus by Emslie (1985); it was recombined as Lagopus leucura by Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Tetrao (Lagopus) leucurus Richardson |
| 1985 | Lagopus leucurus Emslie |
| 2017 | Lagopus leucura Clements et al. |
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Lagopus leucura Richardson 1831 [white-tailed ptarmigan]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order | |||||
| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Lagopus leucurus (152653) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Lagopus leucurus (93277) |