Muscovy Duck
Muscovy Duck
Here the details of the Muscovy Duck named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Anas moschata Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.124
Taxonomy: Anseriformes / Anatidae / Cairina
Taxonomy Code: musduc
Type Locality: India; Brazil substituted by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. ZooL, 9, p. 131.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAIRINA
(Anatidae; Ϯ Muscovy Duck C. moschata) Doubtless based on “Anas Cairina” and “Cairo-Duck,” names given to the Muscovy Duck by Aldrovandus 1599, in the mistaken belief that it came from Egypt (Italian Cairino Cairene, native of Cairo). Although widely found in domesticity, this duck comes neither from Muscovy, the Russian heartland, nor Egypt, but from tropical America; "2. Hind toe without a border. A papillous skin at the base of the bill. 205. CAIRINA. Musk-duck. Face and cheeks with a coloured warty skin. Anas moschata." (Fleming 1822); "Cairina Fleming, Philos. Zoöl., 2, 1822, p. 260. Type, by monotypy, Anas moschata Linné." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 155).
Var. Cairinia.
Synon. Gymnathus, Hyonetta, Moscha, Moschatus.
moschata
Mod. L. Moschatus of Muscovy < Moscovia Muscovy < L. Moschi a people between the Black and Caspian Seas (cf. Late L. moschatus musky < L. muscus musk < Gr. μοσχος moskhos musk < Persian musk); "61. ANAS. ... moschata. 13. A. facie nuda papillosa. Fn. svec. 98. Anas moschata. Raj. av. 150. Alb. av. 3. p. 92. t. 97.98. Anas indica. Gesn. av. 122. Aldr. orn. l. 19. c. 26. Anas libyca. Will. orn. 294. Habitat in India. Alba hujus forte varietas minor. It. Wgoth. 143." (Linnaeus 1758) (Cairina).
Moschatus
(syn. Cairina Ϯ Muscovy Duck C. moschata) Specific name Anas moschata Linnaeus, 1758; "Xe Sous-Genre. MUSQUÉ, moschatus. ... Type: le CANARD DIT DE BARBARIE OU MUSQUÉ, anas moschata, L., enl. 989, d'Amérique." (Lesson 1828). Var. Moschata.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)