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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Gyps (vultures - part)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Falconiformes > Family: Accipitridae

The seven species are distributed through Eurasia and Africa, with three species occurring in southern Africa (White-backed, Cape and Rüppell's vultures).

 

Gyps africanus (White-backed vulture) 

Gyps coprotheres (Cape vulture) 

Gyps rueppellii (Rüppell's vulture, Rüppell's Griffon)