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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse 



ABBREVIATION : 
BOUM

COMMON NAMES : 
   ruffed grouse
   grouse
   partridge


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for ruffed grouse is Bonasa
umbellus Linnaeus [1,31].  There are twelve subspecies of ruffed grouse
found in the United States and Canada [1,32]:

        Bonasa umbellus spp. umbellus
        Bonasa u. spp. mediana Todd
        Bonasa u. spp. togata (Linnaeus)
        Bonasa u. spp. monticola Todd
        Bonasa u. spp. umbelloides (Douglas)
        Bonasa u. spp. incana Aldrich and Friedmann
        Bonasa u. spp. phaia Aldrich and Friedmann
        Bonasa u. spp. yukonensis Grinnell
        Bonasa u. spp. affinis Aldrich and Friedmann
        Bonasa u. spp. sabini (Douglas)
        Bonasa u. spp. brunnescens Conover
        Bonasa u. spp. castanea Aldrich and Friedmann


ORDER : 
Galliformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, October 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1991. Bonasa umbellus. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Bonasa umbellus | Ruffed Grouse