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Meleagris

Also known as turkey genus, turkey, turkey bird

North American genus of large birds

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Meleagris is a genus within the family Phasianidae, classified under the kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the New International Encyclopedia. It has at various times been associated with Peru. The group includes the wild turkey, which is an iconic taxon within the class Aves.

Meleagris species are endemic to Mexico and the United States. They have uses as a source of food and feathers, specifically turkey meat. The temporal range of the genus began in the Miocene, approximately 23 million years ago. Records indicate occurrences in the United States, with data held by institutions such as CM, USNM, FHSM, SDNHM, and UCMP. The subject is referenced by 876 other encyclopedia articles.

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Species

Wild Turkey

Animalia

KINGDOM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderTrochida
FamilyTegulidae

Habitatmarine

Observations185,026

Observations recorded3,012,139,120

シチメンチョウ生息年代: 中新世前期–現世, 23–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N シチメンチョウ分類界 : 動物界 Animalia 門 : 脊索動物門 Chordata 亜門 : 脊椎動物亜門 Vertebrata 綱 : 鳥綱 Aves 目 : キジ目 Galliformes 科 : キジ科 Phasianidae 属 : シチメンチョウ属 Meleagris 学名 Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 英名 Turkey 種シチメンチョウヒョウモンシチメンチョウ †Meleagris californica †Meleagris crassipes Meleagris gallopavo ウィキスピーシーズにシチメンチョウ属に関する情報があります。ウィキメディア・コモンズには、シチメンチョウ属に関連するカテゴリがあります。シチメンチョウ属（シチメンチョウぞく、学名 Meleagris）は、キジ科の1属である。現生種・化石種とも、北米大陸でのみ産する。ただしシチメンチョウは世界中で家禽として飼育されている。分類[編集] かつてはシチメンチョウ科 Meleagrididae またはキジ科シチメンチョウ亜科 Meleagridinae に分類されており、その場合はシチメンチョウ科またはシチメンチョウ亜科の唯一の現生属である（他に化石属がある）。しかし分子系統からは、シチメンチョウ属はキジ科の系統の内部に位置するため[1]、系統分類ではシチメンチョウ科ないしシチメンチョウ亜科は認められない。種[編集] 現生種は国際鳥類学会 (IOC) による[2]。シチメンチョウ Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey ヒョウモンシチメンチョウ Meleagris ocellata, Ocellated Turkey - ユカタン半島に生息。Agriocharis ocellata とする説もある。 †Meleagris californica - 後期更新世に生息。 †Meleagris crassipes - 後期更新世に生息。他、未記載種2種。出典[編集] ^ Jan, K.; Andreas, M.; Gennady, C.; Andrej, K.; Gerald, M.; Jürgen, B.; Jürgen, S. (2007). “Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)”. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 190. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-190. http://www.doa

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 1,287
With media: 1
Family: Phasianidae
Collections: CM, USNM, FHSM, SDNHM, UCMP
Recorded in: United States

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Research

1,088 papers

The eggshell: structure, composition and mineralization.ReviewFrontiers in bioscience (Landmark edition) · 2012Hincke MT, Nys Y, Gautron J et al.DOI: 10.2741/3985
Virus-induced immunosuppression in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo): A review.ReviewOpen veterinary journal · 2020Kaboudi KDOI: 10.4314/ovj.v9i4.13
Mortality in Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) Associated with Natural Infection with H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) Subclade 2.3.4.4.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2023Malmberg JL, Miller M, Jennings-Gaines J et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-22-00161
Investigating inbreeding in the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) genome.Poultry science · 2021Adams SM, Derks MFL, Makanjuola BO et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101366
Lymphoproliferative Disease Virus and Reticuloendotheliosis Virus Detection and Disease in Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo).Journal of wildlife diseases · 2024Adcock KG, Berghaus RD, Goodwin CC et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00012
Health Assessment of Adult Male Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) from Western Kentucky, USA.Journal of wildlife diseases · 2024Haynes E, Yabsley MJ, Nemeth NM et al.DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00162
Susceptibility of wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) to experimental West Nile virus infection.Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A · 2022Kunkel MR, Casalena MJ, Mead DG et al.DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2022.2123732
Mortality and Disease in Wild Turkeys ( Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in Ontario, Canada, from 1992 to 2014: A Retrospective Review.ReviewAvian diseases · 2016MacDonald AM, Jardine CM, Campbell GD et al.DOI: 10.1637/11376-012216-Reg.1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Named after: Peru
Image: Wild Turkey.jpg
Has use: food

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taxon name: Meleagris
Commons category: Meleagris
taxon rank: genus
MCN code: 0105.12.00
Unicode character: 🦃
topic's main category: Category:Meleagris
start time: 23000000-0
different from: Galliformes
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
endemic to: United States
temporal range start: Miocene

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Encyclopedic overview

Turkeys are large, heavyset galliforms in the genus Meleagris, indigenous to the Americas. They are among the largest birds in their native ranges, as well as being one of the heaviest birds in the order Galliformes. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of Southern, Central and Eastern North America, and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Males of both species have a distinctive singular fleshy wattle, called a snood, that hangs from the base of the culmen. Like with other phasianines, the male is bigger and sports fancier plumage than the female.

The earliest turkeys evolved in North America over 20 million years ago. They share a recent common ancestor with grouse, pheasants, and other fowl. The North American wild turkey is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, which was domesticated approximately 2,000 years ago by indigenous peoples. It was this domestic descendant that was later transported by humans to Eurasia, during the Columbian exchange.

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