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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) and Bedetti and Pavia (2007); it was recombined as Bubo scandiaca by Mlikovsky (2002); it was recombined as Bubo scandiacus by Clements et al. (2017) and 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
Life
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
RankNameAuthor
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
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