Auckland Island merganser
New Zealand merganser Temporal range: Late Holocene | |
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Stuffed specimen from 1902 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Genus: | Mergus |
Species: | †M. australis |
Binomial name | |
†Mergus australis | |
The New Zealand merganser (Mergus australis) (Māori: Miuweka), also known as Auckland merganser or Auckland Islands merganser, was a typical merganser which is now extinct.
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