Biology:Dyuktai goose
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Anser djuktaiensis Temporal range: late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anser |
| Species: | A. djuktaiensis
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| Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2014[1]
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Dyuktai Goose (Anser djuktaiensis) [2] is an extinct goose, similar to but larger than the extant greylag goose, the remains of which have been found in the Dyuktai Cave near the Dyuktai River in Yakutia, Russia . The cave is dated from Upper Pleistocene to possibly Holocene in age.
References
- ↑ Zelenkov, N. V.; Kurochkin, E. N. (2014). "Two new waterfowl species (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Upper Pleistocene of Yakutia: The first extinct species of Quaternary birds from Russia". Paleontological Journal 48 (6): 645–654. doi:10.1134/S0031030114060161.
- ↑ "The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database Extinct Birds: Anser djuktaiensis". http://cubits.org/TheExtinctionCubit/db/extinctbirds/view/98878/. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
Wikidata ☰ Q20817550 entry
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