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Definition of Jungle fowl

Jungle fowl
The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate. -- Balfour (Cyc. of India). Jungle bear (Zo["o]l.), the aswail or sloth bear. Jungle cat (Zo["o]l.), the chaus. Jungle cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of a jungle fowl. Jungle fowl. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl (G. varius) of Java, G. Stanleyi of Ceylon, and G. Bankiva of India. Note: The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived. (b) An Australian grallatorial bird (Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.

Meaning of Jungle fowl from wikipedia

- hybridisation has been do****ented between Gallus and Numida. The red jungle fowl has 5 recognized subspecies: G. g. bankiva (Temminck, 1813) - Java and...
- Barbary partridge (A. barbara) Red-legged partridge (A. rufa) Perdicula Jungle bush quail (P. asiatica) Rock bush quail (P. argoondah) Painted bush quail...
- Fatema (1990) Jungle Cat Felis chaus and Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 87(1):144. Morris, RC (1927) A jungle fowl problem. J...
- boar, dhole, wolf, jackal, hyena, hare, cobras, pythons, red jungle fowl, gray jungle fowl and green pigeon. The sanctuary is about 35 km (22 mi) north...
- sea-level up to 2000 metres of elevation. As with other jungle fowl, Sri Lankan jungle fowl are primarily terrestrial. They spend most of their time...
- marketed as "Taiwan" or – in the United States – as "Saipan", "Saipan Jungle Fowl" or "Chinese Shamo".: 311 : 295  The Taiwanese Game is a very large game...
- original large fowl. It was created in New Jersey in the 1940s by a breeder named Frank Gary. He cross-bred the wild Red Jungle Fowl with fighting bantams...
- po****tion which resulted from the uncontrolled cross-breeding of red jungle-fowl, indigenous Southeast Asian chickens and exotic chickens of various types...
- Avifauna include barred owlet, brown fish owl, eurasian eagle owl, red jungle fowl, Indian peafowl, Indian pitta, paradise flycatcher, and chestnut-shouldered...
- [citation needed] Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is home to birds including jungle fowl, Indian grey hornbill, Indian peafowl, kingfishers, common myna and Asian...