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Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken)
Taxonomy
Tetrao cupido was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Tympanuchus.
It was recombined as Cupidonia cupido by Reichenbach (1852); it was recombined as Tympanuchus cupido by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Parmalee (1958), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Cupidonia cupido by Reichenbach (1852); it was recombined as Tympanuchus cupido by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Parmalee (1958), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Tetrao cupido Linnaeus p. 160 |
| 1852 | Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach |
| 1852 | Cupidonia cupido Reichenbach |
| 1902 | Tympanuchus cupido Hay p. 534 |
| 1930 | Tympanuchus cupido Hay p. 326 |
| 1943 | Tympanuchus americanus Wetmore p. 55 |
| 1958 | Tympanuchus cupido Parmalee p. 172 |
| 1992 | Tympanuchus cupido Parmalee p. 312 |
| 2017 | Tympanuchus cupido Clements et al. |
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Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 [greater prairie chicken]
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Invalid names: Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available