Biology:Aramus (bird)
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Short description: Genus of bird
| Aramus Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
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| Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Aramidae Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Genus: | Aramus Vieillot, 1816 |
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Aramus is the sole extant genus of the family Aramidae.[1] The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is the only living member of this group, although other species are known from the fossil record, such as Aramus paludigrus from the Middle Miocene.[2]
References
- ↑ del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi et al., eds (2017). "Limpkin (Aramidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (Barcelona: Lynx Edicions). doi:10.2173/bow.aramid1.01. http://www.hbw.com/family/limpkin-aramidae. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Tab (1997). Vertebrate paleontology in the neotropics – the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Birds. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Wikidata ☰ Q12785142 entry
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