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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Subject: mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Aix galericulata - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17600319.jpg
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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)


Artist George Edwards (1694–1773)  
Creator:Johann Michael Seligmann
Description
Aix galericulata
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Edwards IV 99
Old Latin name Aix galericulata
New Latin name Aix galericulata
Common name Nederlands: Mandarijneend
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_galericulata_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17600319.tif

The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and galericulata is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet.

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