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Lagopus muta  (Montin, 1781)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 677542

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Lagopus mutus (Montin, 1781)
  
  Common Name(s): Rock Ptarmigan [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderGalliformes  – Fowls, Gallinaceous Birds, gallinacées, volaille  
                            FamilyPhasianidae  – Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse, Pheasants, Quail, cailles, faisans  
                               SubfamilyTetraoninae  – Grouse  
                                  GenusLagopus Brisson, 1760 – Ptarmigans  
                                     SpeciesLagopus muta (Montin, 1781) – Rock Ptarmigan  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta atkhensis Turner, 1882  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta capta J. L. Peters, 1934  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta chamberlaini A. H. Clark, 1907  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta dixoni Grinnell, 1909  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta evermanni Elliot, 1896  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta gabrielsoni Murie, 1944  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta helvetica (Thienemann, 1829)  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta hyperborea Sundevall, 1845  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta islandorum (Faber, 1822)  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta japonica A. H. Clark, 1907  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta kurilensis Kuroda, 1924  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta millaisi Hartert, 1923  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta muta (Montin, 1781)  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta nadezdae Serebrovski, 1926  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta nelsoni Stejneger, 1884  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta pleskei Serebrovski, 1926  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta pyrenaica Hartert, 1921  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta ridgwayi Stejneger, 1884  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta rupestris (Gmelin, 1789)  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta sanfordi Bent, 1912  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta saturata Salomonsen, 1950  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta townsendi Elliot, 1896  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta welchi Brewster, 1885  
                                        Subspecies Lagopus muta yunaskensis Gabrielson & Lincoln, 1951  
       

 References
       
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  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Rock Ptarmigan[English]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.05.23, website (version 23-May-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Lagopus muta   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, Edward C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition   
  Page(s): 1039   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-11701-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Lagopus muta, Rock Ptarmigan [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Lagopus muta, Rock Ptarmigan [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

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