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Orinoco Goose
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Orinoco Goose

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Orinoco Goose

Oressochen jubatus

The Orinoco goose (Neochen jubata) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and placed in the genus Neochen. Three fossil relatives have been described from Pleistocene sites: Neochen pugil from Brazil, Neochen debilis from Argentina and Neochen barbadiana from Barbados.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 514125.