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Anser
Taxonomy
Anser was named by Linnaeus (1758) [also attributed to Brisson]. It is extant. Its type is Anas anser. It is the type genus of Anserinae.
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anserinae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972), Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov (1984); to Anserini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986), Livezey and Martin (1988), Bickart (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Cisneros (2005), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anserinae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1964), Howard (1972), Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov (1984); to Anserini by Mlíkovsky and Svec (1986), Livezey and Martin (1988), Bickart (1990), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Cisneros (2005), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
A. albifrons, A. anser, A. arenosus, A. arizonae, A. atavus, A. azerbaidzhanicus, A. brachyrhynchus, A. brumeli, A. caerulescens (syn. Chen hyperborea), A. canagicus, A. condoni, A. cygniformis, A. cygnoid, A. devjatkini, A. djuktaiensis, A. erythropus, A. fabalis, A. indicus, A. liskunae, A. oeningensis, A. pressus, A. rossii, A. scaldii, A. thraceiensis, Chen (Chen)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Anser Linnaeus |
| 1822 | Chen Boie |
| 1891 | Anser Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1891 | Chen Shufeldt p. 819 |
| 1902 | Anser Hay p. 530 |
| 1902 | Chen Hay p. 530 |
| 1930 | Anser Hay p. 302 |
| 1930 | Chen Hay p. 303 |
| 1933 | Anser Lambrecht p. 367 |
| 1940 | Anser Wetmore p. 22 |
| 1940 | Chen Wetmore p. 22 |
| 1956 | Anser Wetmore p. 27 |
| 1956 | Chen Wetmore p. 28 |
| 1963 | Anser (Chen) Howard p. 7 |
| 1964 | Anser Brodkorb p. 212 |
| 1972 | Anser Howard p. 9 |
| 1984 | Anser Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov p. 29 |
| 1986 | Anser Mlíkovsky and Svec p. 264 |
| 1988 | Anser Livezey and Martin p. 208 |
| 1990 | Anser Bickart p. 17 |
| 1992 | Chen Guthrie p. 321 |
| 2001 | Anser Olson and Rasmussen p. 282 |
| 2005 | Anser Cisneros p. 243 |
| 2009 | Anser Gonzalez et al. |
| 2014 | Anser del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Anser Clements et al. |
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G. Anser Linnaeus 1758
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Anser albifrons Scopoli 1769 [greater white-fronted goose]
Anser anser Linnaeus 1758 [greylag goose]
†Anser arenosus Bickart 1990
†Anser arizonae Bickart 1990
†Anser atavus Fraas 1870
†Anser azerbaidzhanicus Serebrovsky 1940
Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 1834 [pink-footed goose]
†Anser brumeli Milne-Edwards 1871
Anser caerulescens Linnaeus 1758 [snow goose]
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Invalid names: Chen hyperborea Pallas 1769 [synonym]
Anser canagicus Sevastianov 1802 [Emperor goose]
†Anser condoni Shufeldt 1891
†Anser cygniformis Fraas 1870
Anser cygnoid Linnaeus 1758 [Swan goose]
†Anser devjatkini Kurochkin 1971
†Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov and Kurochkin 2014
Anser erythropus Linnaeus 1758 [lesser white-fronted goose]
Anser fabalis Latham 1787 [taiga bean-goose]
Anser indicus Latham 1790 [Bar-headed goose]
†Anser liskunae Kurochkin 1976
†Anser oeningensis von Meyer 1865
†Anser pressus Wetmore 1933
Anser rossii Cassin 1861 [Ross's goose]
†Anser scaldii Van Beneden 1873
†Anser thraceiensis Burchak-Abramovich and Nikolov 1984
Invalid names: Chen Boie 1822 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available