Biology:Sarcoramphus
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Short description: Genus of New World vulture
| Sarcoramphus Temporal range: Pliocene - Recent
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| Juvenile and adult king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | Sarcoramphus Duméril, 1805 |
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Sarcoramphus is a genus of New World vulture that contains a single extant species, the king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa).
Extinct members of the genus include the Kern vulture (Sarcoramphus kernense) from the mid-Pliocene of North America,[1] and Sarcoramphus fisheri from the Late Pleistocene of Peru.[2]
A hypothetical species known as the painted vulture is also assigned to this genus, but no concrete proof of its existence has been found as of yet.[3]
References
- ↑ Miller, Loye H. (1931). "Bird Remains from the Kern River Pliocene of California". The Condor 33 (2): 70–72. doi:10.2307/1363312. http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v033n02/p0070-p0072.pdf.
- ↑ Wilbur, Sanford (1983). Vulture Biology and Management. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-520-04755-9.
- ↑ Snyder, N. F. R.; Fry, J. T. (2013). "Validity of Bartram's Painted Vulture". Zootaxa 3613 (1): 61–82. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3613.1.3. PMID 24698902.
Wikidata ☰ Q15734727 entry
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