NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Melozone
  Family - Emberizidae
  Order - Passeriformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Melozone fusca mesoleuca
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca intermedia
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca jamesi
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca mesata
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca texana
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca perpallida
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca fusca
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca potosina
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca campoi
      Subspecies - Melozone fusca toroi