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Pavo (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraclass
  
Neognathae

Order
  
Galliformes

Scientific name
  
Pavo

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subclass
  
Neornithes

Superorder
  
Galloanserae

Family
  
Phasianidae

Higher classification
  
Phasianinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lifespan
  
Indian peafowl: 10 – 25 years

Mass
  
Indian peafowl: 4 – 6 kg, Green peafowl: 3.8 – 5 kg

Lower classifications
  
Indian peafowl, Green peafowl

Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family. The two species, along with the Congo peacock, are known as peafowl.

Contents

Species

  • Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
  • Green peafowl (Pavo muticus)

    • Fossil record

  • Pavo bravardi (Early – Late Pliocene) – Gallus moldovicus, sometimes misspelt moldavicus, may be a junior synonym
  • Gallus aesculapii, a Late Miocene – Early Pliocene "junglefowl" of Greece, may also have been a peafowl.

    • In the Pliocene on the Balkan peninsula peafowl (Bravard's peafowl) coexisted with ptarmigans (Lagopus) Peafowl were widely spread on the Balkan peninsula and the Southeast Europe until the end of the Pliocene.

    References

    Pavo (genus) Wikipedia
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