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OverviewAI-generated
Grus is a genus of birds within the family Gruidae, belonging to the order Gruiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Brisson in 1760 and is currently accepted. It encompasses several species of cranes, including the Sandhill Crane. The genus is associated with freshwater habitats.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions such as the USNM, BSNS, ROM, UNSM, and WFVZ. These collections include specimens from the United States and Mexico. The taxon has been documented in sources including the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Species
Sandhill Crane
Grus
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGruiformes
- FamilyGruidae
Le genre Grus regroupe plusieurs espèces d'oiseaux de la famille des Gruidae (grues).
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 121
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Gruidae
- Collections
- USNM, BSNS, ROM, UNSM, WFVZ, UF
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.
The genus Grus erected by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The name Grus is the Latin word for "crane". The German ornithologist Peter Simon Pallas was sometimes credited with erecting the genus in 1766 but the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in 1956 that Brisson should have priority.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.