Aramus (bird)
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Aramus | |
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Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Aramidae Bonaparte, 1854 |
Genus: | Aramus Viellot, 1816 |
Species | |
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; Christie, David A; de Juana, Eduardo, eds. (2017). "Limpkin (Aramidae)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Rasmussen, Tab (1997). Kay, R.F.; Madden, R.H.; Cifelli, R.L.; Flynn, J.J. (eds.). Birds. Vertebrate paleontology in the neotropics – the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Smithsonian Institution Press.
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