| Torgos Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
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| Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
| Genus: | Torgos Kaup, 1828 |
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Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the Lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbajian and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]
- ^ Gorbatcheva, V. O.; Zelenkov, N. V. (2024). "A Vulture of the Genus Torgos (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan". Paleontological Journal. 58 (4): 475–482. Bibcode:2024PalJ...58..475G. doi:10.1134/S0031030124600367.