Long-tailed Ground-Roller / Uratelornis chimaera
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Long-tailed Ground-Roller
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Protonym: Uratelornis chimaera Novit.Zool. 2 p.479
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Brachypteraciidae / Uratelornis
Taxonomy Code: ltgrol1
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Rothschild
Publish Year: 1895
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
URATELORNIS
(Brachypteraciidae; Ϯ Long-tailed Ground-roller U. chimaera) Gr. ουρα oura tail; genus Atelornis Pucheran, 1846, ground-roller; "Uratelornis chimaera sp. nov. et gen. nov. ... I was obliged to create a new genus for this most remarkable bird, because it differs in two important points from Atelornis, to which it is, on the whole, closely allied. For, while Atelornis crossleyi, with a total length of about 9½ inches, has a tail only 4½ inches long, my new bird, with a length of 18 inches, has a tail fully 12 inches long. In A. pittoides the tail is still shorter in proportion. The second important difference is the great length of the tarsus, which is much longer than in A. crossleyi, while the toes are even shorter. A third difference is that the nostrils are more exposed. In other respects there are no structural distinctions from Atelornis crossleyi." (Rothschild 1895).
chimaera
Gr. myth. Chimaera, the fabulous Lycian monster of varied aspect (syn. Casuarius casuarius, Uratelornis).
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)
