- The shelducks, most
species of
which are
found in the
genus Tadorna (except for the
Radjah shelduck,
which is now
found in its own
monotypic genus Radjah)...
- in the
tenth edition of his
Systema Naturae under the
binomial name
Anas tadorna.
Linnaeus largely based his
description on "The
Sheldrake or Burrough-Duck"...
-
Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus. He gave it two
binomial names:
Anas platyrhynchos and
Anas boschas. The
latter was
generally preferred until 1906 when Einar...
-
botanist Peter Simon Pallas who
named it
Anas ferruginea, but
later it was
transferred to the
genus Tadorna with the
other shelducks. Some authorities...
- The
paradise shelduck (
Tadorna variegata), also
known as the
paradise duck, or pūtangitangi in Māori, is a
species of shelduck, a
group of goose-like...
- The
genus now
contains 31
living species. The name
Anas is the
Latin for "duck". The
genus Anas was
introduced by the
Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus...
- with all the
other geese,
ducks and
swans in the
genus Anas and
coined the
binomial name
Anas cana.
Gmelin based his
description on the "Grey-headed goose"...
-
Anas (ducks, geese, & swans)
Anas cygnus –
whooper swan
Anas cygnoides – swan
goose Anas tadorna –
common shelduck Anas spectabilis – king
eider Anas...
- 1939 †"
Anas"
albae Jánossy 1979 †"
Anas"
amotape Campbell 1979 †"
Anas"
eppelsheimensis Lambrecht 1933 †"
Anas"
isarensis Lambrecht 1933 †"
Anas" luederitzensis...
- Ocean) –
anatine or tadornine* "
Anas"
albae (Late
Miocene of Polgárdi, Hungary) – mergine?
Formerly in
Mergus "
Anas"
eppelsheimensis (Early Pliocene...
