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Bucorvus (ground-hornbill)

Reptilia - Bucerotiformes - Bucerotidae

Taxonomy
Bucorvus was named by Lesson (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bucerotidae by Carroll (1988) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Bucorvus Lesson
1988Bucorvus Carroll
2014Bucorvus del Hoyo 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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderBucerotiformesFürbringer 1888
familyBucerotidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBucorvusLesson 1830

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. Bucorvus Lesson 1830 [ground-hornbill]
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Bucorvus abyssinicus Boddaert 1783 [Northern ground-hornbill]
Bucorvus leadbeateri Vigors 1825 [Southern ground-hornbill]
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
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 17:32:04
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:32:04
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Lein 1972
Collections
No collection or age range data are available