Vultur
Genus of birds
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Vultur is a genus of New World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) and the fossil species Vultur messii from the early Pliocene of Argentina.[1]
| Vultur Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent | |
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| Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | Vultur Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Vultur gryphus | |
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