Californian turkey
| California turkey Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene | |
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| Californian turkey (lower left) and other extinct birds from the La Brea Tar Pits | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Meleagridinae |
| Genus: | Meleagris |
| Species: | M. californica |
| Binomial name | |
| Meleagris californica | |
The Californian turkey, Meleagris californica, is an extinct species of turkey indigenous to the Pleistocene and early Holocene of California. It became extinct about 10,000 years ago.[1]
References
- ↑ California Department of Fish and Game. Wild Turkey Guide 2005.
- Physical Geography of North America, by Antony Orme
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