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Is a chicken a reptile

Updated: 10/6/2023
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8y ago

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No the chicken is not a reptile.

The chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a domesticated fowl.

Contemporary phylogenetics would place all aves under reptillia making the chicken technically a reptile. This is a relatively new concept so many traditionalists may argue otherwise.

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Chickens are not Reptiles Because They Have Feathers and They are not cold blooded as Compare to the Reptiles.

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A chicken is a bird: not an amphibian nor a reptile.

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