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Mergus

Mergus is the genus containing the typical mergansers (/mɜːrˈɡænsərz/ mur-GAN-sərz), fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae.

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Mergus

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples19
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Mergus

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related to Taxonomy · 10
Mergus → Carl Linnaeus, Elder, Latin, Linnaeus, Pliny, Scopoli's, Swedish, Systema Naturae, The, Thomas Campbell Eyton
related to Fossil species · 8
Mergus → Barstovian, Central, Early Pleistocene, Eastern Europe, Middle Miocene Calvert Formation, Some, USA, Virginia
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Mergus → genus containing the typical mergansers

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merganser genus known ducks red-breasted typical mergansers species common mergellus fish-eating smew goldeneyes serrator linnaeus fossil name million years ago

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Mergusis agenus containing the typical mergansers0.90text
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesSome0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesMiddle Miocene Calvert Formation0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesBarstovian0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesVirginia0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesUSA0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesEarly Pleistocene0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesCentral0.60section
Mergusrelated to Fossil speciesEastern Europe0.60section
Mergusrelated to TaxonomyThe0.60section
Mergusrelated to TaxonomySwedish0.60section
Mergusrelated to TaxonomyCarl Linnaeus0.60section

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