(Plural: genera). The division of classification into a family is divided and which has one or more species, i.e. the rank below a family,[1] descended from a common ancestor.[2] A genus is made up of a group of structurally or phylogenetically related species.[2]
A genus that contains a single species is known as monotypic.[3]
Examples
- Bluebirds are in the genus Sialia.[4]
- Fairy-bluebirds are in the genus Irena.[5]
- Indian and Sumatran Rhinoceroses are in the genus Rhinoceros.
- Cheetahs are in the genus Acinonyx.
- Komodo Dragon and monitors are in the genus Varanus.
- Gharial is in the genus Gavialis.
- Poison dart frogs are in the genus Dendrobates.
- Hellbender is in the genus Cryptobranchus.
- Lionfish are in the genus Pterois.
- Coelacanths are in the genus Latimeria.
- Horn sharks are in the genus Heterodontus.
- Frilled sharks are in the genus Chlamydoselachus.
References
- ^ Simpson & Day (1999). A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia, 6th Edition. Penguin. ISBN 0-691-04995-5.
- ^ a b Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.
- ^ Frances, Peter; et al. (2007). Bird: The Definitive Visual Guide. Dorling Kindersley Inc. ISBN 1564582957.
- ^ John H. Boyd III (December 14, 2011). "MUSCICAPOIDEA II: Cinclidae, Turdidae, and Muscicapidae". TiF Checklist. Retrieved 12-12-2019. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ^ "BASAL PASSEROIDEA: Promeropidae, Dicaeidae, Nectariniidae, Irenidae, and Chloropseidae". TiF Checklist. December 14, 2011. Retrieved 12-12-2019. Check date values in:
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