Torgos

Torgos
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Aegypiinae
Genus: Torgos
Kaup, 1828
Species

Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbajian and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]

References

  1. ^ Gorbatcheva, V. O.; Zelenkov, N. V. (2024). "A Vulture of the Genus Torgos (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan". Paleontological Journal. 58 (4): 475–482. Bibcode:2024PalJ...58..475G. doi:10.1134/S0031030124600367.


Stub icon

This Accipitriformes article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.