Grus (avis)

Grus est genus avium familiae Gruidarum.

Nomen antiquum grusGrūs, -uis f., rarius m. Nom. gruis semel reperitur.  (Graece ) plerumque ad Gruem gruem refertur. Plinius etiam gruem Balearicam, gruem minorem et vipionem, quae fortasse eaedem sunt quae Grus virgo.Christian Hünemörder, "Kranich", in Der Neue Pauly (editione interretialis , 2006).

 Species 
Hoc genus octo species continet:
ImagoNomenHabitatiolink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bugeranus_carunculatus_-Dallas_Zoo,_Texas,_USA-8_(1).jpg|200x200pxGrus carunculataAfrica, ad meridiem Saharaelink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Anthropoides_paradiseus_(male,_Etosha).jpg|200x200pxGrus paradiseaAfrica australislink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grue_Demoiselle_0001.jpg|200x200pxGrus virgoEurasia media, ad Ponto Euxino ad Sinaslink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mandschurenkranich.jpg|233x233pxGrus japonensisSiberia, Sinae boreo-orientes, Esonia, Corea, aliquando Mongolialink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_americana_Sasata.jpg|275x275pxGrus americanaAmerica borealislink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Common_crane_grus_grus.jpg|200x200pxGrus grusEuropalink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_monacha_Phila_Zoo.jpg|200x200pxGrus monachaSiberia meridiana, Mongolia, Sinaelink=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Grus_nigricollis_-Bronx_Zoo-8-3c.jpg|200x200pxGrus nigricollisTibetum, partes Indiae et Butaniae
 Mythologia 
Graeci et ipse Aristoteles credebant grues in Africam hieme migrantes Pygmaeis saevum bellum inferreIlias III.1-8. Aristoteles, Historia animalium VIII.597. Aelianus, De natura animalium XV.29. Rutilius Numatianus I.291-2..

 Cultura Iaponiae 
In cultura Iaponiae, grus arte "origami" ceatus saepe pars symboli pacis putatur.
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 Nexus externi 

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Categoria:Taxa 1760
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Categoria:Gruidae