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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 Neoaves (modern birds)
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Order Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
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Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
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Genus Porphyrio (swamphens)-
Species Porphyrio porphyrio (purple swamphen)-
Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio bellus -
Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio caspius
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio indicus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio madagascariensis
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio melanopterus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio pelewensis
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio poliocephalus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio samoensis
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio seistanicus
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Subspecies Porphyrio porphyrio viridis
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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.
