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Anser caerulescens (snow goose)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas caerulescens was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chen caerulescens by Hay (1930), Guthrie (1992) and Broughton (2004); it was recombined as Chen (Chen) caerulescens by Wetmore (1940); it was recombined as Anser caerulescens by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas caerulescens Linnaeus p. 124
1769Anas hyperboreus Pallas
1902Chen hyperborea Hay p. 530
1930Chen caerulescens Hay p. 303
1930Chen hyperboreus Hay p. 303
1940Chen (Chen) caerulescens Wetmore p. 22
1940Chen (Chen) hyperborea Wetmore p. 22
1942Chen hyperborea Miller and DeMay p. 85
1946Chen hyperborea Howard p. 166
1956Chen hyperborea Wetmore p. 28
1969Chen hyperborea Howard p. 7
1992Chen caerulescens Guthrie p. 321
2004Chen caerulescens Broughton p. 18 fig. 6A
2017Anser caerulescens 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
genusAnser
speciescaerulescens()

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.

Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 [snow goose]
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Invalid names: Chen hyperborea Pallas 1769 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Chen caerulescens (84885)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Chen caerulescens (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Anser caerulescens (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Chen hyperborea (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Anser caerulescens (215552) Chen caerulescens (120827 120828 120829 125236 125237 176102) Chen hyperborea (44954 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Chen hyperborea (93251 176222)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Chen caerulescens (194907 194910 194911 194912 194914 194925 194926 194927 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Anser caerulescens (160848 229484) Chen caerulescens (228898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Anser caerulescens (228921) Chen caerulescens (228444 228492)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Washington) Chen hyperborea (215546)