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 | | "Duck Family" White-fronted Goose White-fronted Goose ("Anser albifrons") "Larger version" "Larger version" msg:taxonomy msg:Domain:Eukaryota Eukaryota msg:regnum:Animalia Animalia msg:Phylum:Chordata Chordata msg:Subphylum:Vertebrata Vertebrata msg:Superclass:Gnathostomata Gnathostomata msg:Classis:Aves Aves msg:Ordo:Anseriformes Anseriformes msg:Familia:"Anatidae" Subfamilies Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Dendrocygninae Thalassorninae Thalassorninae Anserinae Anserinae Stictonettinae Stictonettinae Plectropterinae Plectropterinae Tadorninae Tadorninae Anatinae Anatinae Merginae Merginae Oxyurinae Oxyurinae |
 | | Previously divided into six subfamilies, recent anatomical studies by Livezey (1986; A phylogenetic analysis of recent Anseriform genera, "Auk" 103: 737-754) showed that the Anatidae are better treated in nine subfamilies. |
 | | This classification has been followed by Madge & Burn, "Wildfowl" (1988): =Dendrocygninae Dendrocygninae: whistling ducks= |
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