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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) and 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
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
PygostyliaChiappe 2002
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