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
type species is the
sarus crane (
Antigone antigone).
Species The genus includes four species: }} }} ==References==