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			\| name = ''Argusianus''
			\| image = Argusianus argus -San Diego Zoo-8a.jpg
			\| image_caption = ] at ], USA
			\| regnum = ]ia
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			\| genus = '''''Argusianus'''''
			\| genus_authority = ], 1849
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			The genus '''''Argusianus''''' consists of two ] of spectacularly ]d ] with greatly elongated ] and central tail feathers.

			The ] was described from a portion of a single primary ] found in a batch of ] ] feathers. It is probably just an aberrant specimen.

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			* ], ''Argusianus argus''
			* ], ''Argusianus bipunctatus''

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Argusianus

Great Argus at San Diego Zoo, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Phasianinae
Genus:	Argusianus G. R. Gray, 1849

The genus Argusianus consists of two species of spectacularly plumaged pheasant with greatly elongated secondaries and central tail feathers.

The Double-banded Argus was described from a portion of a single primary feather found in a batch of Great Argus millinery feathers. It is probably just an aberrant specimen.

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