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The American Crow ( Corvus brachyrhynchos ) Patricia Pongratz

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  • Classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Subphylum:Vertebrata Class:Aves Order: Passeriformes Family:Corvidae Genus:Corvus Species: Corvus brachyrhynchos (Parr, 2005)
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  • Evolution Earliest corvid fossils date back to the mid- Miocene (~17 MYA) in central Asia Radiated to other continents, including N. America, where the American crow evolved