Anser djuktaiensis or Dyuktai goose[2] is an extinct goose, similar to but larger than the extant greylag goose, the remains of which have been found in the Dyuktai Cave near the Dyuktai River in Yakutia, Russia. The cave is dated from Upper Pleistocene to possibly Holocene in age.
| Anser djuktaiensis Temporal range: late Pleistocene-Holocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anser |
| Species: | †A. djuktaiensis
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| †Anser djuktaiensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2014[1]
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References edit
- ^ Zelenkov, N. V.; Kurochkin, E. N. (2014). "Two new waterfowl species (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Upper Pleistocene of Yakutia: The first extinct species of Quaternary birds from Russia". Paleontological Journal. 48 (6): 645–654. doi:10.1134/S0031030114060161.
- ^ Zelenkov, N. V.; Boeskorov, G. G. (2021). "Dyuktai Goose (Anser djuktaiensis) and Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) from the Pleistocene of Central Yakutia". Doklady Biological Sciences. 499 (1): 99–102. doi:10.1134/S0012496621040074.
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