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Mauritius Shelduck Alopochen mauritiana Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (21)
- Monotypic
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Маврицийска гъска |
| Catalan | oca de l'illa de Maurici |
| Czech | husice mauricijská |
| Danish | Mauritiusgravand |
| Dutch | Mauritiusgans |
| English | Mauritius Shelduck |
| English (United States) | Mauritius Shelduck |
| French | Ouette de Maurice |
| French (France) | Ouette de Maurice |
| German | Mauritiusgans |
| Japanese | モーリシャスツクシガモ |
| Norwegian | mauritiusand |
| Polish | kazarka maurytyjska |
| Russian | Маврикийский гусь |
| Serbian | Guska sa Mauricijusa (izumrla) |
| Slovak | húska maurícijská |
| Spanish | Ganso de Mauricio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Ganso de Mauricio |
| Swedish | mauritiusgås |
| Turkish | Morityus Kazı |
| Ukrainian | Каргарка маврикійська |
Alopochen mauritiana (Newton & Gadow, 1893)
PROTONYM:
Sarcidiornis mauritianus
Newton & Gadow, 1893. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13, 281-302.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mare aux Songes swamp
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALOPOCHEN
- mauritiana / mauritianus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Mauritius Shelduck
