ADW: Phalacrocorax: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Pelecaniformes (pelicans, tropicbirds, cormorants, and relatives)
        
        Family Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
        
        Genus Phalacrocorax (cormorants)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax africanus (long-tailed cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax albiventer (King cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax aristotelis (European shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax atriceps (imperial shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax auritus (double-crested cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax bougainvillii (Guanay cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax brasilianus (neotropic cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax campbelli (Campbell Island shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax capensis (Cape cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax capillatus (Japanese cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax carbo (great cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax carunculatus (rough-faced shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax chalconotus (bronze shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax colensoi (Auckland Islands shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax coronatus (crowned cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax featherstoni (Pitt Island shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax fuscescens (black-faced cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Indian cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax gaimardi (red-legged cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax harrisi (flightless cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax magellanicus (rock shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax melanoleucos (little pied cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax neglectus (bank cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax niger (little cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax nigrogularis (Socotra cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax onslowi (Chatham Islands shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax pelagicus (pelagic cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax perspicillatus (Pallas's cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax punctatus (spotted shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax pygmeus (pygmy cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi (Bounty Islands shag)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax sulcirostris (little black cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax urile (red-faced cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax varius (pied cormorant)
        
        Species Phalacrocorax verrucosus (Kerguelen shag)

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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