Finsch's duck
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Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) (Māori: Manutahora)[3] was a large terrestrial species of duck formerly endemic to New Zealand.[4] The species was possibly once the most common duck in New Zealand, a supposition based on the frequency of its fossils in bone deposits.
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Finsch's duck | |
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Holotype bones | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Chenonetta |
Species: | †C. finschi |
Binomial name | |
†Chenonetta finschi (van Beneden, 1875) | |
Synonyms | |
Euryanas finschi Oliver, 1930 |
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