Anser
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/42456
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SynonymsChen Boie, 1822 (but see text)Cygnopsis Brandt, 1836Cycnopsis Agassiz, 1846 (emendation)Eulabeia Reichenbach, 1852Philacte Bannister, 1870Heterochen Short, 1970 (but see text)
Anser is a waterfowl genus that includes the grey geese and the white geese. It belongs to the true goose and swan rank of Anserinae under the family of Anatidae. The genus has a Holarctic distribution, with at least one species breeding in any open, wet habitats in the subarctic and cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in summer. Some also breed further south, reaching into warm temperate regions. They mostly migrate south in winter, typically to regions in the temperate zone between the January 0 °C (32 °F) and 5 °C (41 °F) isotherms.
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