Anatidae

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Branta sandvicensis

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Anseriformes
Familia: Anatidae
Subfamiliae: Anatinae - Anserinae - Dendrocygninae - Merginae - Oxyurinae - Plectropterinae - Stictonettinae - Tadorninae - Thalassorninae

[edit] Name

Anatidae Vigors, 1825

[edit] References

• Livezey, B.C. 1986: A phylogenetic analysis of recent anseriform genera using morphological characters. Auk, 103: 737-754. PDF
• Worthy, T.H. (in press): Descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of two new genera and four new species of Oligo-Miocene waterfowl (Aves: Anatidae) from Australia. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society
• Anatidae Report on ITIS

[edit] Vernacular names

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