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Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Taxonomy
Anas platyrhynchos was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Anas.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Anas boschas Linnaeus
1758Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus
1902Anas boschas Hay p. 529
1930Anas platyrhynchos Hay p. 304
1931Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 20
1940Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 23
1942Anas platyrhynchos Miller and DeMay p. 85
1946Anas platyrhynchos Howard p. 173
1956Anas platyrhynchos Wetmore p. 29
1958Anas platyrhynchos Brodkorb p. 238
1960Anas platyrhynchos Rudenko
1967Anas platyrhynchos Jehl p. 25
1992Anas platyrhynchos Parmalee p. 310
1998Anas platyrhynchos Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 54
2001Anas platyrhynchos Olson and Rasmussen p. 285
2002Anas platyrhynchos Chiappe p. 461
2004Anas platyrhynchos Broughton p. 19
2008Anas platyrhynchos Zelenkov et al.
2014Anas platyrhynchos del Hoyo et al.
2017Anas platyrhynchos Clements et al.
2018Anas platyrhynchos Carrera et al. p. 153
2018Anas platyrhynchos Michailidis et al. p. 87 figs. 2C, 4C

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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
subfamilyAnatinaeVigors 1825
tribeAnatiniVigors 1825
genusAnas
speciesplatyrhynchos

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.

Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 [mallard]
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Invalid names: Anas boschas Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available