Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758
Anas americana Gmelin, 1789
Anas carolinensis Gmelin, 1789
Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Anas cyanoptera Vieillot, 1816
Anas discors Linnaeus, 1766
Anas falcata Georgi, 1775
Anas formosa Georgi, 1775
Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758
Anas rubripes Brewster, 1902
Anas strepera Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
additional source	Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Anas Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148788

Drs Cees Roselaar. Anas Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96464