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The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii) belongs to the family Phasianidae under the order Galliformes.
Cheer pheasant taxonomy
The Phasianidae is a family of ground-living birds like pheasants, partridges, tragopans, junglefowls, peafowls and chickens.The family Phasianidae was first introduced by Thomas Horsfield M.D. (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859), an American physician and naturalist, in the year 1821.
The family Phasianidae is tentatively divided into four subfamilies, viz., Perdicinae, Meleagridinae, Phasianinae and Tetraoninae. The subfamily Phasianinae was described by Thomas Horsfield.
The subfamily Phasianinae comprises sixteen genera, including genus Catreus. The genus Catreus was introduced by Jean Louis Cabanis (8 March 1816 – 20 February 1906), a German ornithologist, in the year 1851.
The genus Catreus is monotypic and comprises the species Catreus wallichii. The species Catreus wallichii was introduced by Thomas Hardwicke (1756 – 3 March 1835), an English soldier and naturalist, in the year 1827.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Catreus wallichii |
| Species: | C. wallichii |
| Genus: | Catreus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by Dhruvaraj S |
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| 2.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by belgianchocolate |
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| 3.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by OpenCage |
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| 4.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by kuribo |
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| 5.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by Amit3333in |
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| 6.Cheer pheasant - Catreus wallichii Photo by Prateik Kulkarni |
1.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhruvaraj/2978112001/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Photo author: Dhruvaraj S | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/28/18
2.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catreus_wallichi.jpg (cropped)
Author: belgianchocolate | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/28/18
3.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Catreus_wallichii_by_OpenCage.jpg (cropped)
Author: OpenCage | License: CC BY-SA 2.5 as on 5/28/18
4.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/39776840@N00/2347868290 (cropped)
Author: kuribo | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/28/18
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Amit3333in | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/28/18
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheer_Pheasant_(male).JPG (cropped)
Author: Prateik Kulkarni | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/28/18
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