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Taxon: Genus Gyps Savigny, 1809 (bird)
Classification by:

Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
  Count: [s] 23o;144f;2043g;9628s;2127ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
    Count: [s] 21o;139f;2029g;9571s;2115ss; ‡1f;21g;74s;12ss
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
      Count: [s] 10o;106f;1787g;8445s;1871ss; ‡1f;18g;69s;9ss
         Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
        Count: -
           Order Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854
          Count: -
             Suborder Ciconii see Suborder Ciconiae Bonaparte, 1854
            Count: [s] 18f;169g;652s;135ss; ‡5s;1ss
               Infraorder Falconides Sharpe, 1874
              Count: -
                 Parvorder Accipitrida see Superfamily Accipitroidea Vieillot, 1816
                Count: [s] 2f;67g;239s;64ss
                   Family Accipitridae Vieillot, 1816 - secretary bird, osprey, kites, hawks and eagles
                  Count: -
                     Subfamily Accipitrinae Vieillot, 1816 - hawks, eagles
                    Count: [s] 65g;237s;64ss
                       Genus Gyps Savigny, 1809
                      Count: [s] 7s;2ss
                         1 Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 - white-backed vulture
                        Count: -
                         2 Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) - white-rumped vulture
                        Count: -
                         3 Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) - long-billed vulture
                        Count: 2ss
                         4 Gyps rueppellii (A.E. Brehm, 1852) - Rueppell's griffon see Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, 1852)
                        Count: -
                         5 Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 - Himalayan griffon
                        Count: -
                         6 Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) - Eurasian griffon
                        Count: -
                         7 Gyps coprotheres (Forster, 1798) - Cape griffon
                        Count: -

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