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New Zealand geese
Temporal range: Otiran-Holocene
Skeletons of the South Island goose and Cape Barren goose
Conservation status
New Zealand goose
Extinct (NZ TCS)[1](C. gracilis)
New Zealand goose
Extinct (NZ TCS)[2](C. calcitrans)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anserinae
Genus: Cnemiornis
Owen 1866
Species
  • C. gracilis
  • C. calcitrans

The New Zealand goose is a bird of the extinct genus Cnemiornis of the family Anatidae, subfamily Anserinae.[3] The genus, endemic to New Zealand, consisted of two species: the North Island goose, C. gracilis and the South Island goose C. calcitrans.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Cnemiornis gracilis. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Cnemiornis calcitrans. NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ Baker, A. J. (1991). "A review of New Zealand ornithology". Current Ornithology. 8: 1–67. ISBN 9780306436406.
  4. ^ "Cnemiornis Owen". www.nzor.org.nz. Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. ^ Worthy, T. H.; Holdaway, R. N.; Sorenson, M. D.; Cooper, A. C. (December 1997). "Description of the first complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand goose Cnemiornis calcitrans (Aves: Anatidae), and a reassessment of the relationships of Cnemiornis" (PDF). Journal of Zoology. 243 (4): 695–718. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1997.tb01971.x. hdl:2027.42/74169.

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