Podica senegalensis (African finfoot) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Gruiformes (coots, cranes, and rails)
        
        Family Heliornithidae (finfoots)
        
        Genus Podica (African finfoot)
        
        Species Podica senegalensis (African finfoot)
        
        Subspecies Podica senegalensis camerunensis
        
        Subspecies Podica senegalensis petersii
        
        Subspecies Podica senegalensis senegalensis
        
        Subspecies Podica senegalensis somereni