Podilymbus
| Podilymbus Temporal range:
Late Pliocene to present | |
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| Pied-billed grebe | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Tribe: | Podilymbini |
| Genus: | Podilymbus Lesson , 1831
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Podilymbus is a genus of
Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver".[1]
Species
The genus contains two
recent
species :
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| †Podilymbus gigas | Atitlán grebe | Guatemala; declared extinct in 1990 | |
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Podilymbus podiceps.[2] | Pied-billed grebe | North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America |
There are also several prehistoric
taxa of Podilymbus described from fossil
remains:
- Podilymbus majusculus (Late Pliocene of Idaho)
- Podilymbus wetmorei (Late Pleistocene of Florida)
- Podilymbus podiceps magnus - a paleosubspeciesof the pied-billed grebe of uncertain validity.
References
- ISBN 2-7011-3783-7
- ^ "Podilymbus Lesson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 2, 2011.