Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Reptilia - (Order) Anseriformes - (Family) Anatidae

Original position

Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825

Current position

Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825

Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 70.

Alternative positions

Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 19.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 207.
Merginae (Subfamily) Bonaparte	Ref: E. Mayr & G.W. Cottrell, 1979
Mergini (Tribe)	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 581.

Historical positions

Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: E.C. Dickinson, 2003: 70.
Anatini (Tribe) Vigors, 1825	Ref: B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993: 19.
Anatinae (Subfamily) Vigors, 1825	Ref: C.M. Perrins, 1991 (1990): 369.
Anatidae (Family) Vigors, 1825	Ref: W.J. Bock, 1982: 976. [rough position]
Mergini (Tribe)	Ref: B. Grzimek et al., 1973 (1968): 581.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 118, 207.
Anseres (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 84, 129.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s;3ss; ‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 May 2015	[4s;3ss; ‡1s]
2003	E.C. Dickinson: 70	[4s;3ss; ‡1s]
1993	B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley	[5s]
1991 (1990)	C.M. Perrins	[6s; ‡1s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]