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Aramus (bird)

Aramus is the sole extant genus of the family Aramidae. The limpkin 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.

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Aramus
Temporal range: Miocene - Recent
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Aramidae
Bonaparte, 1854
Genus: Aramus
Vieillot, 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

References

  1. 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. doi:10.2173/bow.aramid1.01. S2CID 241328872. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. Rasmussen, Tab (1997). Kay, R.F.; Madden, R.H.; Cifelli, R.L.; Flynn, J.J. (eds.). Vertebrate paleontology in the neotropics – the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Birds. Smithsonian Institution Press.