Torgos
Genus of birds
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Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]
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| Torgos Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
| Genus: | Torgos Kaup, 1828 |
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