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Branta canadensis (Canada goose)
Taxonomy
Anas canadensis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was recombined as Branta canadensis by Hay (1902), Shufeldt (1915), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1946), Howard (1955), Wetmore (1956), Jehl (1967), Becker (1982), Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Broughton (2004), Steadman and Mead (2010) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Branta canadensis by Hay (1902), Shufeldt (1915), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Howard (1946), Howard (1955), Wetmore (1956), Jehl (1967), Becker (1982), Emslie (1992), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Broughton (2004), Steadman and Mead (2010) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Anas canadensis Linnaeus p. 123 |
1902 | Branta canadensis Hay p. 530 |
1915 | Branta canadensis Shufeldt p. 64 |
1931 | Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 19 |
1940 | Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 20 |
1942 | Branta canadensis Miller and DeMay p. 82 |
1946 | Branta canadensis Howard p. 165 |
1955 | Branta canadensis Howard p. 203 |
1956 | Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 26 |
1967 | Branta canadensis Jehl p. 24 |
1982 | Branta canadensis Becker p. 449 |
1992 | Branta canadensis Emslie p. 255 |
1992 | Branta canadensis Guthrie p. 321 |
1992 | Branta canadensis Parmalee p. 309 |
2004 | Branta canadensis Broughton p. 18 fig. 6B |
2010 | Branta canadensis Steadman and Mead p. 428 |
2017 | Branta canadensis Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Branta canadensis Linnaeus 1758 [Canada goose]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subf = subfamily, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997 |
Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (50 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Blancan | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (19753) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (227368) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (176037 176096) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (20400) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (20327) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (20639) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Branta canadensis (20495) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (84885) | |
Rancholabrean (glacial) | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (20624) | |
Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (84904) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (20273 44954 120827 120829 125236 125237 176102 190077 192611 215552) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Idaho) | Branta canadensis (20569) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (155393) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Branta canadensis (84181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Branta canadensis (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Branta canadensis (93251 176222) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (154773) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (20595) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Branta canadensis (85142) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Branta canadensis (154771) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Branta canadensis (224189) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Branta canadensis (194906 194909 194911 194912 194913 194914 194923 194924 194926 194927 194928) | |
Holocene | USA (Alaska) | Branta canadensis (177178 177179) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Branta canadensis (228444 228921) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Branta canadensis (228927 228928) | |
Holocene | USA (Washington) | Branta canadensis (215546) |