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Colius (mousebird)

Reptilia - Coliiformes - Coliidae

Taxonomy

Colius was named by Brisson (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Coliidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species

C. castanotus, C. colius, C. leucocephalus, C. striatus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1760	Colius Brisson
1985	Colius Olson p. 122
1988	Colius Carroll
2002	Colius Mlikovsky p. 147
2004	Colius Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 370
2007	Colius Livezey and Zusi p. 38
2014	Colius del Hoyo et al.
2017	Colius Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Anomalogonates	Garrod 1874
—	Trogones
superorder	Trogonomorphae
order	Coliiformes	Murie 1872
family	Coliidae	Swainson 1837
genus	Colius	Brisson 1760

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.

G. Colius Brisson 1760 [mousebird]

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Colius castanotus Verreaux and Verreaux 1855 [Red-backed mousebird]

Colius colius Linnaeus 1766 [White-backed mousebird]

Colius leucocephalus Reichenow 1879 [White-headed mousebird]

Colius striatus Gmelin 1789 [speckled mousebird]

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:

frugivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 18:52:35

Modified:

2009-01-03 20:52:35

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene	23.03 - 2.588	South Africa	Colius hendeyi (22224)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	South Africa	Colius hendeyi (22221 22227)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Tanzania	Colius striatus (22617)