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Taxon: Family Vulturidae Illiger, 1811 - American vultures (bird)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation Illiger, 1811, orth. corr.
Original name Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium: 235.
Original rank loc. cit.
Subsequent spelling

Attributes

Justified emendation ("orth. corr.") [ICZN, 1999: Art. 33.2.2]

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Vulturinae (Subfamily) Illiger, 1811

Synonyms

Accepted nameCathartidae (Family) Lafresnaye, 1839 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameAmerican vultures
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