Wildlife Type

Ducks of the world (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity

Classified animal picture guide. Clicking the Organism name shows the images, and pointing the Organism name shows the tooltip with three links at the left-top corner.
The followings are extinct ducks excavated and extant paleognaths in the world. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species, and the habitat in extant species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Aves
            • Subclass Neornithes (Modern birds)
              • Infaclass Paleognathae
              • Infaclass Neognathae (83.5 Mya～)
                • Superorder Galloanserae (Fowl; 83.5 Mya～)
                  • Order Anseriformes (6 families, 60 genus, 178 speices; 70.6 Mya～)
                    Presbyornithidae Presbyornis   (65.5～46.2 Mya)
                    Dromornithidae Dromornis   (23.03～5.33M; ３m), Bullockornis   (15.97～11.61 Mya; ２．５m), Genyornis (0.126～0.01 Mya)
                    Screamer Horned Screamer (South America), Southern Screamer (South America)
                    Magpie-goose Magpie-goose (Australia, New Guinea)
                    • Superfamily Anatoidea
                      unresolved Vegavis   (70.6～65.5 Mya)
                      • Family Anatidae (50 genus, 174 species)
                        Swan Mute swan (Eurasia), Black swan (Australia), Black-necked swan (South America), Whooper swan (Eurasia), Trumpeter swan (North America), Tundra swan (Eurasia, North America), Coscoroba Swan (South America)
                        Goose
                        32 spp
                        		 North Island Goose (0.126 Mya～1400s), White-fronted Goose (Eurasia, North America), Snow Goose (Asia, North America), Brent Goose (Eurasia,　North America), Spur-winged Goose (Afirca), Egyptian Goose   (Afirca), Orinoco Goose (South America), Andean Goose (South America), Cape Barren Goose (Australia), Blue-winged Goose (Ethiopia)
                        Tadorninae
                        16 spp
                        		 Common Shelduck   (Eurasia), Salvadori's Teal (New Guinea), Blue Duck (New Zealand), Torrent Duck (South America)
                        Anatinae
                        50 spp
                        		 Mallard (Eurasia, Africa, North America), Common Teal (Eurasia, Africa, Americas), Northern Pintail (Eurasia, Africa, Americas), Blue-winged Teal (Americas), Eurasian Wigeon (Eurasia), Crested Duck (South America), Bronze-winged Duck (Patagonia), Brazilian Duck (South America)
                        Aythyinae
                        16 spp
                        		 Red-crested Pochard   (Eurasia), Greater Scaup (Eurasia)
                        Merginae
                        22 spp
                        		 Common Eider (Europe, North America), Harlequin Duck (East Asia, North America), Common Scoter (Eurasia, North America), Long-tailed Duck (Eurasia, North America), Common Goldeneye (Eurasia, North America), Smewn   (Eurasia, North America), Hooded Merganser   (North and Central America), Common Merganser (Eurasia, North America)
                        Oxyurinae
                        29 spp
                        		 Blue-billed Duck (Australia), Masked Duck (Americas), Musk Ducks (Australia), Black-headed Duck (South America), Muscovy Duck (Americas), Hartlaub's Duck (Africa), Comb Duck (Africa), Pink-eared duck (Australia), Mandarin Duck   (East Asia)
                        Other duck Lesser Whistling Duck (Asia), White-backed Duck (Afirca), Freckled Duck (Australia)
                  • Order Galliformes (9 families, 81 genus, 296 speices; 83.5 Mya～)
                • Superorder Neoaves (83.5 Mya～)