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Lagopus
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Lagopus is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily commonly known as ptarmigans (). The genus contains four living species with numerous described subspecies, all living in tundra or cold upland areas.
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Lagopus is a genus of birds within the family Phasianidae and order Galliformes. It belongs to the class Aves and phylum Chordata, with the subfamily Tetraoninae serving as its parent taxon. The genus was described by Brisson in 1760 and holds an accepted status in taxonomic records.
Species in this genus inhabit the Holarctic realm, specifically in alpine climate and taiga regions. Their temporal range begins in the Zanclean stage. Biological records for Lagopus are held by institutions including CM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, MZLU, and UAM. These records originate from the United States, Sweden, Canada, and Japan.
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Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
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- Specimen records
- 1,585
- With media
- 201
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- CM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, USNM, MZLU, UAM, ROM
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden, Canada, Japan
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetraoninae
- Image
- Lagopus muta2.jpg
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- Category:Lagopus
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- Zanclean
- habitat
- taiga
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- Lagopus
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Lagopus is a genus of birds in the grouse subfamily commonly known as ptarmigans (). The genus contains four living species with numerous described subspecies, all living in tundra or cold upland areas.
==Taxonomy and etymology== The genus Lagopus was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) as the type species. The genus name Lagopus is derived from Ancient Greek (), meaning "hare, rabbit", + (), "foot", in reference to the feathered feet and toes typical of this cold-adapted group (such as the snowshoe hare). The specific epithets muta and leucura were for a long time misspelt mutus and leucurus, in the erroneous belief that the ending of Lagopus denotes masculine gender. However, as the Ancient Greek term is of feminine gender, and the specific epithet has to agree with that, the feminine muta and leucura are correct.
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