Anas Acuta Bird
Anas Acuta Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Anas acuta Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.126
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Anas
Taxonomy Code: norpin
Type Locality: Europe; restricted to Sweden by Linnaeus, 1761, Fauna Svecica, ed. 2, p. 44.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ANAS
(Anatidae; Ϯ Mallard A. platyrhynchos) L. anas, anatis duck. The Mallard is the wild ancestor of the farmyard duck and its many domesticated forms; "61. ANAS. Rostrum lamelloso-dentatum, convexum, obtusum. Lingua ciliata, obtusa." (Linnaeus 1758); "Anas Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 122. Type, by subsequent designation (Lesson, 1828, Man. Ornith., 2, p. 417), Anas boschas Linnaeus = Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus." (Johnsgard in Peters, 1979, I, ed. 2, p. 460). Linnaeus's Anas comprised thirty-nine species (A. Cygnus, A. Cygnoid, A. Tadorna, A. spectabilis, A. fusca, A. nigra, A. Anser, A. erythropus, A. canadensis, A. cærulescens, A. Bernicla, A. mollissima, A. moschata, A. bahamensis, A. Albeola, A. clypeata, A. platyrhynchos, A. strepera, A. bucephala, A. Clangula, A. rustica, A. perspicillata, A. Glaucion, A. Penelope, A. acuta, A. hyemalis, A. ferina, A. Querquedula, A. Crecca, A. histrionica, A. minuta, A. Circia, A. autumnalis, A. Boschas, A. adunca, A. galericulata, A. Sponsa, A. arborea, A. Fuligula).
Var. Annas, Anos, Anus, Asnas.
Synon. Aethiopinetta, Afranas, Aldabranas, Archeoquerquedula, Boschas, Crecca, Dafila, Dafilonettion, Dafilula, Elasmonetta, Horizonetta, Melananas, Micronetta, Nesonetta, Nettion, Notonetta, Pachyanas, Paecilonitta, Phasianurus, Philippinetta, Polionetta, Trachelonetta, Virago, Xenonetta.
acuta
L. acutus sharp-pointed < acuere to sharpen to a point.
● "61. ANAS. ... acuta. 25. A. cauda acuminata elongata subtus nigra, occipite utrinque linea alba. Anas cauda cuneiformi acuta. Fn. svec. 96. Anas cauda acuta. Gesn. av. 121. Will. orn. 289. t. 73. Raj. av. 147. Alb. av. 2. p. 84. t. 94. Habitat in Europæ maritimis." (Linnaeus 1758) (Anas).
● ex “Hirondelle noire acutipenne de la Martinique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Chaetura martinica).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)