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Mimus gundlachii (Bahama mockingbird)

Osteichthyes - Passeriformes - Mimidae

Taxonomy
Mimus gundlachii was named by Cabanis (1855). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Mimus gundlachii Cabanis
1982Mimus gundlachii Olson and Hilgartner p. 49
1990Mimus gundlachii Olson et al. p. 10
2017Mimus gundlachii Clements et al.
2018Mimus gundlachii Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
orderPasseriformesLinnaeus 1758
familyMimidaeBonaparte 1853
genusMimusBoie 1826
speciesgundlachiiCabanis 1855

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.

Mimus gundlachii Cabanis 1855 [Bahama mockingbird]
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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: insectivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:40:50
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:40:50
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Lein 1972

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Mimus gundlachii (190743 190744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Mimus gundlachii (144649 194588 194590)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Mimus gundlachii (145366)