Biology:Torgos

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Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]

References

  1. Gorbatcheva, V. O.; Zelenkov, N. V. (2024). "A Vulture of the Genus Torgos (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan". Paleontological Journal 58 (4): 475–482. doi:10.1134/S0031030124600367. Bibcode2024PalJ...58..475G. 

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