Anas Linnaeus 1758 (dabbling duck)

Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonyms: Dafila Someguy , Pachyanas Oliver 1955

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Anatini according to J. Gonzalez et al. 2009

See also Bickart 1990, Brodkorb 1964, Brodkorb 1967, Clements et al. 2017, De Vis 1905, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Emslie 1992, Emslie 1998, Eo et al. 2009, Göhlich 2009, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hou 1985, Howard 1966, Lambrecht 1933, McCoy 1963, Mitchell et al. 2014, Norell and Clarke 2001, Olson and Rasmussen 2001, Parmalee 1992, Peterson 1999, Shufeldt 1891, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wang et al. 2014, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956, Wetmore 1962, Worthy 1997, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003, Worthy and Nguyen 2020, Zelenkov 2012, Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2012 and Zelenkov and Panteleyev 2015

Sister taxa: Amazonetta, Anabernicula, Matanas, Mioquerquedula, Tachyeres

Subtaxa: Anas (Nettium) Anas acuta Anas amotape Anas apscheronica Anas bahamensis Anas basaltica Anas bernieri Anas blanchardi Anas castanea Anas chathamica Anas cheuen Anas chlorotis Anas crassa Anas crecca Anas erythrorhyncha Anas flavirostris Anas fulvigula Anas georgica Anas gracilis Anas isarensis Anas itchtucknee Anas kurochkini Anas laysanensis Anas luederitzensis Anas macroptera Anas marecula Anas melleri Anas meyeri Anas pachyscelus Anas platyrhynchos Anas risgoviensis Anas robusta Anas rubripes Anas sanctaehelenae Anas schneideri Anas skalicensis Anas soporata Anas superciliosa Anas talarae Anas theodori Anas wyvilliana

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Type: Anas platyrhynchos

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (7), Azerbaijan (1), Bermuda (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec), Chile (1), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cook Islands (4), Ecuador (1), Egypt (9), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), Finland (8), French Southern Territories (1), Greece (7), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Madagascar (5), Malta (1), Mauritius (1), Mexico (4), New Caledonia (2), New Zealand (15), Peru (1), Portugal (1), Reunion (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (5), Solomon Islands (1), Spain (7), Tonga (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (70: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)

• Blancan of United States (4: Florida)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1), United States (3: Idaho, North Carolina, Oregon)

• Miocene of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Hungary (1), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 201 collections including 326 occurrences

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