ADW: Rallidae: 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 Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
        
        Family Rallidae (coots, rails, and relatives)
        
        Genus Aenigmatolimnas (striped crake)
        
        Genus Amaurolimnas (uniform crake)
        
        Genus Amaurornis (bush-hens and crakes)
        
        Genus Anurolimnas (chestnut-headed crake and relatives)
        
        Genus Aramides (wood rails)
        
        Genus Aramidopsis (snoring rail)
        
        Genus Atlantisia (inacessible rail)
        
        Genus Canirallus (forest rails)
        
        Genus Coturnicops (yellow rails)
        
        Genus Crex (corn crakes)
        
        Genus Cyanolimnas (Zapata rail)
        
        Genus Dryolimnas (white-throated rail)
        
        Genus Eulabeornis (chestnut-bellied rail)
        
        Genus Fulica (coots)
        
        Genus Gallicrex (watercock)
        
        Genus Gallinula (moorhens)
        
        Genus Gallirallus (Pacific Island rails and crakes)
        
        Genus Gymnocrex (bare-eyed rails)
        
        Genus Habroptila (invisible rail)
        
        Genus Himantornis (Nkulengu rail)
        
        Genus Laterallus (black rails)
        
        Genus Lewinia (Lewin's rails and relatives)
        
        Genus Megacrex (New Guinea flightless rail)
        
        Genus Micropygia (ocellated crake)
        
        Genus Neocrex (paint-billed crakes)
        
        Genus Nesoclopeus (bar-winged rail)
        
        Genus Pardirallus (spotted rails)
        
        Genus Porphyrio (swamphens)
        
        Genus Porzana (soras and lesser crakes)
        
        Genus Rallina (forest rails and crakes)
        
        Genus Rallus (greater rails)
        
        Genus Rougetius (Rouget's rail)
        
        Genus Sarothrura (flufftails)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

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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Rallidaecoots, rails, and relatives

Rallidae
coots, rails, and relatives