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Urocolius (mousebird)

Osteichthyes - Coliiformes - Coliidae

Taxonomy
Urocolius was named by Bonaparte (1854). It is extant.

It was assigned to Coliidae by Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré (2004), del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2008-10-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Urocolius Bonaparte
2004Urocolius Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré p. 370
2014Urocolius del Hoyo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—Trogones
superorderTrogonomorphae
orderColiiformesMurie 1872
familyColiidaeSwainson 1837
genusUrocoliusBonaparte 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Urocolius Bonaparte 1854 [mousebird]
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†Urocolius archiaci Milne-Edwards 1871
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Invalid names: Picus consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym]
Urocolius indicus Latham 1790 [Red-faced mousebird]
Urocolius macrourus Linnaeus 1766 [Blue-naped mousebird]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 18:52:35
Modified: 2009-01-03 20:52:35
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Lein 1972, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available