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  1. Kirk Roth

    Phasianidae

    That, plus the ease at which the different taxa breed means that these lineages are PSC species at best. In some areas of North America (and I would guess Europe too, perhaps other places), the introduced populations have been "supplemented" with both the torquatus and colchicus groups to the...
  2. Kirk Roth

    Phasianidae

    And there is also the matter of the members of the colchicus group which have ringed necks: mongolicus, turcestanicus, chrysomelas, etc. All three groups of the "split" would have lowercase ring-necked populations.
  3. Kirk Roth

    Phasianidae

    What is this grouping from? Do the taxa in multiple groups suggest uncertainty of placement or that the taxon is split between the two? The paper seems to have mongolicus squarely within the colchicus group, and although unsampled it would be reasonable to assume that turcestanicus would fall...
  4. Kirk Roth

    Phasianidae

    There is a tree in the supporting information from the link that you posted. Presuming from that: elegans = elegans torquatus = torquatus, formosanus, strauchi-vlangalli (e.g the other east Asian gray-rumped groups) colchicus = colchicus, principalis-chrysomelas, mongolicus, tarimensis (e.g...
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