Genus Garrulus (Noun)
Meaning
Type genus of the Garrulinae: Old World jays.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Eurasian Jay belongs to the genus Garrulus and is native to woodland areas in the Northern Hemisphere.
- In taxonomic classification, Garrulus serves as the type genus of the subfamily Garrulinae.
- Some birds from the genus Garrulus, including the Azure-winged Magpie, were observed and studied for their foraging habits.
- As part of a phylogenetic analysis, scientists sequenced the DNA of the Eurasian Magpie, but they determined that Garrulus, which they compared, diverged about 2.6 million years ago.
- Systematists decided that genus Garrulus comprises species in which adults and sub-adults appear different during an interim.