Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Anas platyrynchos | Mallard 



ABBREVIATION : 
ANPL

COMMON NAMES : 
   mallard


TAXONOMY : 
The scientific name for the mallard is Anas platyrynchos Linnaeus
[12,19].  The species was formerly called A. boschas [15].  The mallard
hybridizes with the American black duck (Anas rubripes) and the Pacific
black duck (A. superciliosa).  There are two recognized subspecies of
mallard:  A. platyrynchos ssp. platyrynchos and A.  platyrynchos ssp.
diazi Ridgway (Mexican duck).  Anas platyrynchos ssp.  oustaleti
(Mariana mallard) is thought to be extinct [12].


ORDER : 
Anseriformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, January 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1993. Anas platyrynchos. In: Remainder of Citation

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