Dulit Partridge / Rhizothera dulitensis
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Dulit Partridge
SCI Name:
Protonym: Rhizothera dulitensis Bull.Br.Orn.Club 4 p.27
Taxonomy: Galliformes / Phasianidae / Rhizothera
Taxonomy Code: lobpar2
Type Locality: Mt. DuHt, 4000 ft., Sarawak, Borneo.
Author: Ogilvie-Grant
Publish Year: 1895
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
RHIZOTHERA
(Phasianidae; Ϯ Long-billed Partridge R. longirostris) Gr. ῥιζα rhiza root; -θηρας -thēras -hunter < θηραο thēraō to hunt < θηρ thēr, θηρος thēros beast, animal; "RHIZOTHERA, G. R. Gray (1841). Perdix, Temm. Tetrao, Raffl. Francolinus, Steph. R. longirostris, (Temm.) G. R. Gray. T. curvirostris, Raffl. Ill. Ind. Zool. II, pl. f. 2." (G. Gray 1841); "Rhizothera G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., ed. 2, 1841, p. 79. Type, by monotypy, Perdix longirostris Temminck." (Peters 1934, II, 90).
dulitense / dulitensis
Mt. Dulit, Sarawak, Borneo.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
