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| | rail on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26) |
 | | Rails are cosmopolitan in distribution, except in polar regions. |
 | | Rails, also called mud hens or marsh hens, are omnivorous, hunting their food at nightfall. |
 | | Rails are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Gruiformes, family Rallidae. |
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