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Genus of birds
Alopochen
is a genus of the
bird
family
Anatidae
, part of the subfamily
Tadorninae
along with the
shelducks
. It contains one extant species, the
Egyptian goose
(
Alopochen aegyptiaca
), and two or three species which became
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
.
mtDNA
cytochrome
b
sequence
data suggest that the relationships of
Alopochen
to
Tadorna
need further investigation.
[3]
Species
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The extinct species of the genus are:
The generic name looks like Greek ?λ?πηξ + χ?ν = "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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Alopochen
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Jobling, James A. (2010).
The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names
. London: Christopher Helm. p. 100.
ISBN
978-1-4081-2501-4
.
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"Part 7- Vertebrates"
.
Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement
. Archived from
the original
on 5 October 2016
. Retrieved
30 June
2016
.
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Sraml, M.; Christidis, L.; Easteal, S.; Horn, P.; Collet, C. (1996). "Molecular Relationships Within Australasian Waterfowl (Anseriformes)".
Australian Journal of Zoology
.
44
(1): 47?58.
doi
:
10.1071/ZO9960047
.