WoRMS taxon details
Rallus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Rallus longirostris Boddaert, 1783
- Species Rallus sanguinolentus Swainson, 1838 accepted as Pardirallus sanguinolentus (Swainson, 1838)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors 
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
[request]basis of record Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
