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== Phylogeny == [[File:Laughing Owls and Moreporks.jpg|thumb|Laughing owls and moreporks in a taxidermy exhibition, Burton Brothers photographic studio, 1889]] A 2016 study of the laughing owl's [[Mitochondrial DNA|mitogenome]] concluded that the species does not belong to the monotypic genus ''Sceloglaux'' as previously thought, but instead belong to the genus ''[[Ninox]]''.<ref name=":0" /> The analysis indicated that the laughing owl may be a [[Sister group|sister taxon]] to the ''Ninox'' clade containing the [[barking owl]], [[Sumba boobook]], and [[morepork]], the latter of which shared New Zealand with the laughing owl.<ref name=":0" />
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