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The red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus'') is a tropical member of the Phasianidae family. It is thought to be ancestral to the domestic chicken, with some hybridization with the grey junglefowl. The red junglefowl was first domesticated at least five thousand years ago in Asia, then taken around the world, and the domestic form is kept globally as a very productive food source of both meat and eggs.〔 == Range == The range of the wild form stretches from Tamil Nadu, South India (where it has almost certainly been diluted with cross breeding from domestic breeds), eastwards across southern China and into Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. Junglefowl are established on several of the Hawaiian Islands, including Kauai, but these are feral descendants of domestic chickens. They can also be found on Christmas Island, Vanuatu, and the Mariana Islands. Each of these various regions had its own subspecies of ''Gallus gallus'', including: * ''G. g. gallus'' – from Indochina * ''G. g. bankiva'' – from Java * ''G. g. jabouillei'' – from Vietnam * ''G. g. murghi'' – from India * ''G. g. spadiceus'' – from Burma * ''G. g. domesticus'' – (domestic chicken) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red junglefowl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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