NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Tetrao
  Subfamily - Tetraoninae
  Family - Phasianidae
  Order - Galliformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus aquitanicus
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus cantabricus
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus kureikensis
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus major
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus rudolfi
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus taczanowskii
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus uralensis
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus urogallus
      Subspecies - Tetrao urogallus volgensis