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Branta canadensis (Canada goose)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas canadensis Linnaeus p. 123
1902Branta canadensis Hay p. 530
1915Branta canadensis Shufeldt p. 64
1930Branta canadensis Hay p. 302
1931Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 19
1940Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 20
1942Branta canadensis Miller and DeMay p. 82
1946Branta canadensis Howard p. 165
1955Branta canadensis Howard p. 203
1956Branta canadensis Wetmore p. 26
1967Branta canadensis Jehl p. 24
1982Branta canadensis Becker p. 449
1992Branta canadensis Emslie p. 255
1992Branta canadensis Guthrie p. 321
1992Branta canadensis Parmalee p. 309
2004Branta canadensis Broughton p. 18 fig. 6B
2010Branta canadensis Steadman and Mead p. 428
2017Branta canadensis Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—PangalloanseraeGauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderAnseriformesWagler 1831
familyAnatidaeVigors 1825
subfamilyAnserinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnseriniVigors 1825
genusBrantaScopoli 1769
speciescanadensis()

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
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: freshwatersubf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantsubf
Diet: folivoresubf
Diet 2: granivoresubf
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:20:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:26:40
Source: subf = subfamily, o = order
References: Sedinger 1997, Marsh 1875

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
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (19753)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Branta canadensis (176037 176096)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Branta canadensis (20327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (20400)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Branta canadensis (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Branta canadensis (84885)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Branta canadensis (20624)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Branta canadensis (20495)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Branta canadensis (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Branta canadensis (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Branta canadensis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Branta canadensis (93251 176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Branta canadensis (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Branta canadensis (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Branta canadensis (20273 44954 120827 120829 125236 125237 176102 190077 192611 215552)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Branta canadensis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Branta canadensis (84181)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Branta canadensis (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Branta canadensis (228444 228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Branta canadensis (215546)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Branta canadensis (194906 194909 194911 194912 194913 194914 194923 194924 194926 194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Branta canadensis (228927 228928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Branta canadensis (177178 177179)