DavidBrown 22 Sep 2011 FBBird said: Ceylon Junglefowl [Gallus lafayetti] Click to expand... Is this the species that the chicken was domesticated from? It is quite cool to think that the wild ancestors of chickens may still be running around.
FBBird said: Ceylon Junglefowl [Gallus lafayetti] Click to expand... Is this the species that the chicken was domesticated from? It is quite cool to think that the wild ancestors of chickens may still be running around.
Zooish 22 Sep 2011 DavidBrown said: Is this the species that the chicken was domesticated from? It is quite cool to think that the wild ancestors of chickens may still be running around. Click to expand... More specifically it is the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) that is widely considered the ancestor of the domestic chicken.
DavidBrown said: Is this the species that the chicken was domesticated from? It is quite cool to think that the wild ancestors of chickens may still be running around. Click to expand... More specifically it is the Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) that is widely considered the ancestor of the domestic chicken.
yangz 14 Dec 2011 Is Central Park Zoo the only one that displays this species in the US. Don't see them in other zoos.
