Name - Meleagris Linnaeus 1758

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:159929 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Meleagris

• Agriocharis Chapman 1896

• Parapavo Miller 1916

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Recent Publications

• A review of the osteology and paleontology of turkeys (Aves: Meleagridinae).
• Late Pleistocene and Holocene turkeys in the southwest.
• Molecular detection of avian hepatitis E virus (Orthohepevirus B) in chickens, ducks, geese, and western capercaillies in Poland.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758 1758: 156. [Index Animalium Entry]

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