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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Class Reptilia
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Class Aves (birds)
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Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
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Infraclass Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
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Order Galliformes (chicken-like birds)
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Phasianoidea (pheasants, quails, and relatives)
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Family Phasianidae (turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges)
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Subfamily Tetraoninae (grouse, ptarmigan, and relatives)-
Genus Bonasa (grouses)-
Species Bonasa umbellus (ruffed grouse)
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus affinis -
Subspecies Bonasa umbellus brunnescens
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus castanea
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus incana
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus labradorensis
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus mediana
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus monticola
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus obscura
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus phaia
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus sabini
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus togata
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus umbelloides
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus umbellus
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Subspecies Bonasa umbellus yukonensis
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
