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| Anserinae Temporal range:Middle Miocene to present | |
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| Domestic European geese Anser anser domesticus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Anserinae Vigors, 1825 |
| Genera | |
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| Synonyms | |
Cygninae | |
TheAnserinae are asubfamily in thewaterfowl familyAnatidae and includes theswan andgeese. Under alternativesystematical concepts (see e.g., Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies. The Anserinae contains geese and ducks, while the Cygninae contains the swans.
True geese (Tribe Anserini)
Unresolved
These two genera are distinct from other geese and often elevated to a subfamily of their own (Cereopsinae), or alternatively into theshelduck subfamily Tadorninae:
Tribe Cereopseini
Some enigmaticsubfossils of very large goose-like birds from theHawaiian Islands do not appear to bemoa-nalos (goose-sizeddabbling ducks) orB. rhuax. They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though both may be fairly close toBranta:
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