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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Anatidae .
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Examples
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For the record, in his later studies he concluded that Malacorhynchus is an anatine after all.
The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006
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Mystery bird: pink-eared duck, Malacorhynchus membranaceus
7,000-year-old timbers found beneath MI6 Thames headquarters 2011
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While Malacorhynchus and Salvadorina share many plumage characters which indicate that they are close relatives, the character support tying them to anatines rather than tadornines is not tremendously strong.
The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006
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Wasn't Malacorhynchus in Tadorninae, rather then in Anatinae?
The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006
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Malacorhynchus has indeed been regarded as a tadornine on occasion; however, the evidence that (together with Salvadori's duck Salvadorina waiguensis) it belongs to a clade at the base of Anatinae is better supported, and indeed is the more traditional view.
The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006
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In Livezey's (1996) review of the tadornine-anatine divergence, 12 of the 13 studies he cited regarded Malacorhynchus as an anatine: the only one that supported its inclusion within Tadorninae was Livezey (1986)!
The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006
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The Malacorhynchus was small, but in good condition, and the fat seemed to accumulate particularly in the skin of the neck.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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Charley shot a duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus); and he, Brown, and John
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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At its west side we again found Polygonum lagoons, which were swarming with ducks, (particularly Malacorhynchus membranaceus), and teal
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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