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navigation, search Forest Raven Conservation status Scientific
classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Corvus Species: C.
tasmanicus Binomial name Corvus tasmanicus Mathews, 1912
Distribution map  The Forest Raven (Corvus tasmanicus) is the
largest species of the Corvus genus in Australia, and the only
member of the corvid family that has a permanent population in
Tasmania.[2] It is native to Tasmania and a few small isolated
populations in Victoria, such as Wilsons Promontory and
Portland. Relict populations are also found in parts of New
South Wales, such as Coffs Harbour and Armidale.[2]  Taxonomy
and naming[edit]  Gregory Mathews described the Forest Raven as
a distinct subspecies Corvus marianae tasmanicus in 1912, its
species name derived from Tasmania, the type locality.[3]
Preliminary genetic analysis of the genus using mitochondrial
DNA showed the three raven species to belo