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Taxon:
Tadorna cana
(J.F. Gmelin, 1789)
- South African shelduck
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Reptilia
............................................Eureptilia
..............................................Romeriida
................................................Diapsida
..................................................Eosuchia
....................................................Neodiapsida
......................................................Sauria
........................................................Archosauromorpha
..........................................................Archosauria
............................................................Avesuchia
..............................................................Avemetatarsalia
................................................................Ornithodira
..................................................................Dinosauromorpha
....................................................................Dinosauriformes
......................................................................Dinosauria
........................................................................Saurischia
..........................................................................Eusaurischia
............................................................................Theropoda
..............................................................................Tetanurae
................................................................................Avetheropoda
..................................................................................Coelurosauria
....................................................................................Tyrannoraptora
......................................................................................Maniraptoriformes
........................................................................................Maniraptora
..........................................................................................Paraves
............................................................................................Avialae
..............................................................................................Class Aves - birds
................................................................................................Pygostylia
..................................................................................................Ornithothoraces
....................................................................................................Ornithuromorpha
......................................................................................................Ornithurae
........................................................................................................Carinatae
..........................................................................................................Subclass Neornithes
............................................................................................................Cohort Neognathae
..............................................................................................................Subcohort Galloanserae
................................................................................................................Superorder Galloanserimorphae
..................................................................................................................Order Anseriformes - waterfowl and screamers
....................................................................................................................Suborder Anseres - waterfowl
......................................................................................................................Superfamily Anatoidea
........................................................................................................................Family Anatidae - ducks, geese, swans
..........................................................................................................................Subfamily Tadorninae - sheldrakes
............................................................................................................................Genus Tadorna - radjah shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species ‡Tadorna cristata - crested shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna ferruginea - ruddy shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna radjah - radjah shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna tadorna - common shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna tadornoides - Australian shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna variegata - paradise shelduck
..............................................................................................................................Species Tadorna cana - South African shelduck
Geography
Geographic region
:
Africa
Region
:
Southern
Distribution
:
Endemic
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012