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The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus to be used for the sarus crane (known then by its Latin name Grus major Indica) because he confused the mythological Greek princess Antigone of Troy, who turned into a stork, with Gerana, the pygmy queen, who turned into a crane.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus was polyphyletic. In the subsequent rearrangement four species were placed in the resurrected genus Antigone. The genus had initially been erected in 1853 by German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The type species is the sarus crane (Antigone antigone).
Species
The genus includes four species:
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