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LEPTOSOMIDAE - Cuckoo-roller1,2 (1:1)
LEPTOSOMUS Vieillot, 1816 M - Vouroudriou de Madagascar Buffon; type by monotypy = Cuculus discolor Hermann, 1783  
Leptosomus discolor Cuckoo-roller
gracilis A. Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885 vGrande Comore (Comoros)
intermedius E. Hartert & Neumann, 1924 vAnjouan (Comoros)
discolor (Hermann, 1783) iMayotte (Comoros), Madagascar
1 For placement in this sequence see chapter by Cracraft herein.
2 For the spelling of this family name see Opinion 1068 (I.C.Z.N., 1977) [I.C.Z.N., 1977 #9451].
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