Mariana mallard
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The Mariana mallard or Oustalet's duck (Anas oustaleti) is an extinct species of duck of the genus Anas that was endemic to the Mariana Islands. Its taxonomic status is debated, and it has variously been treated as a full species, a subspecies of the mallard or of the Pacific black duck, or sometimes as a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck.
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Mariana mallard | |
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The last Mariana mallard drake, a bird of the "superciliosa" morph. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Anas |
Species: | †A. oustaleti |
Binomial name | |
†Anas oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 | |
Former distribution of the Mariana mallard | |
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