Alopochen

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Alopochen
Egyptian goose
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Tadorninae
Genus: Alopochen
Stejneger
, 1885
Synonyms
  • Chenalopex Stephens 1824 non Vieillot 1818[1][2]
  • Mascarenochen Cowles 1994
  • Proanser Umans'ka 1979a
  • Anserobranta Kuročkin & Ganya 1972

Alopochen is a genus of the

extinct in the last 1,000 years or so. The Egyptian goose is native to mainland Africa, and the extinct species are from Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands
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sequence data suggest that the relationships of Alopochen to Tadorna need further investigation.[3]

Species

The extinct species of the genus are:

  • Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
  • Mauritius sheldgoose (Alopochen mauritiana) (Newton & Gadow 1893)– Mauritius, late 1690s
  • Réunion sheldgoose or Kervazo's Egyptian goose (Alopochen kervazoi) (Cowles 1994) Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999– Réunion, circa 1690s
  • Alopochen tarabukini (Kuročkin & Ganea) Mlíkovský 2002

The generic name looks like Greek ἀλώπηξ + χήν = "fox-goose", referring to the colour of its back, but with a Greek language error; the linguistically correct form would have been *Alopecchen or *Alopecochen.

References

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  1. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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  2. ^ "Part 7- Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. doi:10.1071/ZO9960047
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