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Anser

Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

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) and 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) and del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902), Cisneros (2005) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms

Chen was named by Boie (1822). It is extant. Its type is Anas hyperboreus.

It was reranked as Anser (Chen) by Howard (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Anser by Clements et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Anseres by Shufeldt (1891); to Anserinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Anser by Howard (1963); and to Anatidae by Hay (1902) and Guthrie (1992).

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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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986

Rank	Name	Author
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Pangalloanserae	Gauthier and de Queiroz 2001
—	Galloanserae	Sibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorder	Galloanserimorphae
order	Anseriformes	Wagler 1831
family	Anatidae	Vigors 1825
subfamily	Anserinae	Vigors 1825
tribe	Anserini	Vigors 1825
genus	Anser

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. 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

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: Marsh 1875, Sedinger 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Holocene or 4.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (74 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.608 - 3.6	Bulgaria	A. thraceiensis (215935)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene	11.608 - 2.588	Belgium (Antwerpen)	A. scaldi (47465)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (North Carolina)	A. arizonae (52582)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	El Salvador	A. sp. (70118)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (Idaho)	Chen pressa (176409)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Hungary (Barany)	A. subanser (35457)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Egypt	A. albifrons, A. fabalis (21888)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain)	A. albifrons (22545) A. fabalis (22508)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Greece (Chalkidiki)	A. anser (183123)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	United Kingdom	A. albifrons (124957)
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.588 - 0.0	Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain)	A. albifrons (22539)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	A. albifrons (197789 197790)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Colorado)	A. sp. (152653)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	United Kingdom	A. albifrons (125088)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Italy (Roma)	A. brachyrhynchus (44090)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Italy (Siracusa)	A. erythropus (175900)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Italy	A. albifrons, A. anser (197926) A. sp. (197927)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	A. albifrons (20639)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Greece	A. albifrons (187637)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Turkmenistan	A. sp. (40695)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene	0.774 - 0.0	United Kingdom	A. anser (197163)
Rancholabrean	0.3 - 0.012	USA (California)	Chen caerulescens (84885)
Rancholabrean	0.3 - 0.012	Mexico (Sonora)	A. sp. (20495)
Rancholabrean (glacial)	0.3 - 0.012	USA (California)	A. albifrons (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene	0.3 - 0.0	USA (California)	Chen caerulescens (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Greece (Crete)	A. albifrons (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	United Kingdom	A. albifrons, A. anser (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Jalisco)	Chen hyperborea (192628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Canada (British Columbia)	A. albifrons (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Russian Federation	A. anser (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	United Kingdom (Wales)	A. fabalis (124954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Oregon)	A. albifrons, Chen rossii, Chen hyperborea (93251) A. condoni, Chen hyperborea (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Jordan	A. sp. (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Russian Federation	A. n. sp. (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	A. albifrons, Chen caerulescens (120827 176102) A. albifrons, Chen hyperborea, Chen rossi (190077) A. caerulescens (215552) Chen caerulescens (120828 120829 125236 125237) Chen hyperborea (44954) Chen sp. (218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Idaho)	A. caerulescens (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	A. anser (193440)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Finland	A. sp. (177177)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Greenland	A. brachyrhynchus (229885 229940)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Russian Federation	A. albifrons, A. fabalis (175940) A. sp. (194810)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Washington)	Chen hyperborea (215546)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (California)	Chen caerulescens (194910 194911 194925 194926 194927 194928) Chen rossii (194908 194909 194913) Chen rossii, Chen caerulescens (194907 194912 194914)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Canada (Nunavut)	A. caerulescens (160848 229484) Chen caerulescens (228898)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Canada (Northwest Territories)	A. caerulescens (228921) Chen caerulescens (228492) Chen rossii, Chen caerulescens (228444)