博物馆学解决了200年的分类学不确定性:Strix pulsatrix (Strigiformes, Strigidae) 是一个有效的物种

Sergio D Bolívar-Leguizamón1, Aline Henrique Corrêa2, Glayson Ariel Bencke3

  • 1Laboratório de Zoologia de Vertebrados, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura 'Luiz de Queiroz' -ESALQ-, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil; Seção de Aves, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Center for Conservation Genomics, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.

概括

遗传数据显示,Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix 是一个不同的物种, Pulsatrix pulsatrix. 这一发现重新分类了一种亚种,并加深了我们对猫头进化和分类学的理解.

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