Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Anseriformes - (Family) Anatidae

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 66.

Alternative positions

Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 16.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 194.

Historical positions

Neornithes (Clade) Gadow, 1893	Ref: J.K. O'Connor et al., 2010: fig. 9. [rough position]
Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 66.
Ornithurae (Clade) Haeckel 1866 [Gauthier 1986] {Chiappe 1991}	Ref: L.M. Chiappe, 2001: [126] (fig. 1). [rough position]
Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 16.
Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 369.
Anatidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 976. [rough position]
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Anatidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 579.
Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: P. Brodkorb, 1964: 220.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 194.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 122.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	41s;42ss; ‡2s;2ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 May 2015	[41s;42ss]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 68	[41s;42ss; ‡2ss]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[42s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[38s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[39s]