Biology:Aramidae
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Short description: Family of bird
| Aramidae | |
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| Limpkin (Aramus guarauna) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Superfamily: | Gruoidea |
| Family: | Aramidae Bonaparte, 1854 |
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Aramidae is a bird family in the order Gruiformes.[1] The limpkin (Aramus guarauna) is the only living member of this family, although other species are known from the fossil record, such as Aramus paludigrus from the Middle Miocene[2] and Badistornis aramus from Oligocene.[3]
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. http://www.hbw.com/family/limpkin-aramidae.
- ↑ Rasmussen, Tab (1997). Vertebrate paleontology in the neotropics – the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Birds. Smithsonian Institution Press.
- ↑ Wetmore, A. (1940). "Fossil Bird Remains from Tertiary Deposits in the United States.". Journal of Morphology 66 (1): 25–37.
Wikidata ☰ Q13108171 entry
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