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Turkey Temporal range: 23–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Miocene – Recent A male wild turkey strutting Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Phasianinae Tribe: Tetraonini Genus: Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 Type species Meleagris gallopavo (wild turkey) Linnaeus, 1758 Species M ...
The domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) is a large fowl, one of the two species in the genus Meleagris and the same species as the wild turkey.Although turkey domestication was thought to have occurred in central Mesoamerica at least 2,000 years ago, [1] recent research suggests a possible second domestication event in the area that is now the southwestern United States between ...
The ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, as well as in parts of Belize and Guatemala. [1] A relative of the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), it was sometimes previously considered in a genus of its own (Agriocharis), but the differences between the two turkeys are currently considered too small to ...
Male droppings are j-shaped while female droppings are spiral-shaped. 4. A turkey vulture is not a turkey ... Turkeys were raised in Mexico and Central America for more than 500 years before the ...
Average male height Average female height Stature ratio (male to female) Sample population / age range Share of pop. over 18 ... Turkey: 177.1 cm (5 ft 9 + 1 ...
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. [1]
Male Female Total Percent Total 40 535 135 40 275 390 80 810 525 100 0–4 3 326 591 3 155 258 6 481 849 8.02 5–9 3 254 177 3 086 592 6 340 769 7.85 10–14 3 188 333 3 022 537 6 210 870 7.69 15–19 3 351 043 3 175 544 6 526 587 8.08 20–24 3 294 336 3 162 174 6 456 510 7.99 25–29 3 163 889 3 067 653 6 231 542 7.71 30–34 3 189 075
Because of their size, predilection for overeating, and sedentary personalities, [2] they are flightless and prone to health problems associated with obesity, such as heart disease, respiratory failure and joint damage; even if such turkeys are spared from slaughter (such as those involved in the annual turkey pardons), they usually have short ...