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heath hen
n.
A subspecies of the prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido subsp. cupido) that became extinct in eastern North America during the first part of the 20th century.
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Universalium. 2010.
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Heath Hen — Taxobox name = Heath Hen status = EX extinct = 1932 image caption = Stuffed specimen at Boston Museum of Science regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Tetraonidae genus = Tympanuchus species = T. cupido… … Wikipedia
Greater Prairie Chicken — Taxobox name = Greater Prairie Chicken status = VU | status system = IUCN3.1 image caption = Greater Prairie Chicken (Photo by South Dakota Tourism) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Tetraonidae genus … Wikipedia
