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Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 175000

Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Subspecies
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	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Aves – Birds, oiseaux
	Order	Anseriformes – Ducks, Geese, Screamers, Swans, Waterfowl, canards, cygnes, oies, sauvagine
	Family	Anatidae – Ducks, Geese, Swans, canards, cygnes, oies
	Subfamily	Anserinae
	Genus	Branta Scopoli, 1769 – Brent Geese
	Species	Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Ganso canadiense, Canada Goose, bernache du Canada
	Subspecies	Branta canadensis canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References


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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Branta canadensis canadensis

	Source:	Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2006.12.10, website (version 10-Dec-06)
	Acquired:	2006
	Notes:	"Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net
	Reference for:	Branta canadensis canadensis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Dickinson, Edward C., ed.
	Publication Date:	2003
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	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition
	Page(s):	1039
	Publisher:	Princeton University Press
	Publication Place:	Princeton, New Jersey, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-691-11701-2
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	Reference for:	Branta canadensis canadensis

Geographic Information


	Geographic Division:	North America

	Jurisdiction/Origin:	Canada, Native
		Continental US, Native

Comments


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