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Mergus (merganser)
Taxonomy
Mergus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Mergus merganser. It is the type genus of Mergini.
It was assigned to Merginae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Mergini by Alvarez and Olson (1978), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Merginae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Mergini by Alvarez and Olson (1978), Emslie (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Gonzalez et al. (2009); and to Anatidae by Carroll (1988), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Mergus Linnaeus |
| 1930 | Mergus Hay p. 309 |
| 1933 | Mergus Lambrecht p. 353 |
| 1940 | Mergus Wetmore p. 29 |
| 1956 | Mergus Wetmore p. 34 |
| 1978 | Mergus Alvarez and Olson p. 522 |
| 1988 | Mergus Carroll |
| 1992 | Mergus Emslie p. 258 |
| 1992 | Mergus Guthrie p. 321 |
| 1992 | Mergus Parmalee p. 310 |
| 2001 | Mergus Olson and Rasmussen p. 290 |
| 2003 | Mergus Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449 |
| 2009 | Mergus Gonzalez et al. |
| 2017 | Mergus 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.
G. Mergus Linnaeus 1758 [merganser]
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†Mergus australis Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [Auckland Islands merganser]
Mergus merganser Linnaeus 1758 [common merganser]
†Mergus milleneri Williams and Tennyson 2014
†Mergus miscellus Alvarez and Olson 1978
Mergus serrator Linnaeus 1758 [red-breasted merganser]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available