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The scientific name for the animal called a turkey is Meleagris gallopavo.
The name "Turkey" comes from the country of Turkey. When Europeans first discovered turkeys in America, they incorrectly identified the birds as turkey fowl (or turkey hen and turkey cock), due to that bird's importation to Central Europe through Turkey.
That name was shortened to the name of the country, stuck as the name of the American bird.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe turkey is a large fowl of the Genus Meleagris. It has two extant species, gallopavo and ocellata. Melagris gallopavo is common in North America, and is the ancestor of the domestic turkey, a common fixture on the Thanksgiving table. The other species, Meleagris ocellata, wanders the forests of the Yucatan Peninsula. There are six recognized subspecies of Meleagris gallopavo, and no recognized subspecies of Meleagris ocellata. Fossil record and other history shows four extinct species of Meleagris.
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∙ 13y agoThe scientific name for turkey is Meleagris gallopavo.
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∙ 13y agoThe scientific or taxonomic name would be Meleagris gallopavo.
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∙ 14y agoMeleagris galllpava silvistris
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∙ 12y agoMeleagris gallopavo
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