[Taxacom] Domestic Chicken

Karl Magnacca kmagnacca at alumni.wesleyan.edu
Fri Dec 1 01:50:05 CST 2006


On 1 Dec 2006 at 8:31, James Edwards wrote:
> According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), the
> accepted name is Gallus gallus. 

Considering that names I submitted to ITIS three years ago still haven't 
showed up - which means they're still using generic names that were sunk 
30 years ago - I don't think it's the most reliable source for up-to-
date taxonomy.

Karl
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