The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Maceranas
(Anatidae; syn. Melanitta † Velvet Scoter M. fusca) French Macreuse scoter < Old French Macroule sea devil < Old Norman Macrole black coot (cf. L. macerare to soak); L. anas, anatis duck; "1er Sous-Genre. MACREUSE, Cuv., maceranas. Bec large, surtout à la base, gibbeux en dessus et prés du front. Types: la grande macreuse, Buff., enl. 956 (anas fusca, L.); la macreuse, Buff., enl. 978 (anas nigra L.)" (Lesson 1828); "Maceranas Lesson, 1828, Manuel d'Ornithologie, II, p. 414. Type, by subsequent designation (G. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds Brit. Mus., p. 124), Anas fusca Linnaeus, 1758." (JAJ 2021).
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