Lagopus leucura (white-tailed ptarmigan) | 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 Galloanserae (geese, ducks, quails, pheasants, and relatives)
        
        Order Galliformes (chicken-like birds)
        
        Phasianoidea (pheasants, quails, and relatives)
        
        Family Phasianidae (turkeys, grouse, pheasants, and partridges)
        
        Subfamily Tetraoninae (grouse, ptarmigan, and relatives)
        
        Genus Lagopus (ptarmigans)
        
        Species Lagopus leucura (white-tailed ptarmigan)
        
        Subspecies Lagopus leucura altipetens
        
        Subspecies Lagopus leucura leucura
        
        Subspecies Lagopus leucura peninsularis
        
        Subspecies Lagopus leucura rainierensis
        
        Subspecies Lagopus leucura saxatilis