Domestic ducks (mainly mallard, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, with some Muscovy ducks, Cairina moschata domestica) are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs. A few are kept for show, or for their ornamental value. Most varieties of domesticated ducks, apart from the Muscovy duck and hybrids, are descended from the mallard, which was domesticated in China around 2000 BC.
Similar species: Ducks, Geese, Etc.
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Uploaded Apr 18, 2012. Captured Apr 13, 2012 16:11 in Geurtsvenweg 4, 6006 Weert, The Netherlands.
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- The Peking duck is in fact a Mallard duck in its basis.
- There is a seperate Wikipedia page for Peking duck, but it's not a specie page. Therefore, it cannot be linked to JungleDragon.
So in this case, a limitation in both Wikipedia and Jungledragon has led to this identification, which is mostly right, but not perfect. Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago
- The taxonomy block that you see to the right on specie pages needs to be available.
- Within that block, there must be a binomial or trinomial name.
When those conditions are met, JungleDragon should be able to read the information from Wikipedia. The second condition concerns how specific an identification is. For example "Bear" is not a specie, it is a family of species, whilst "Brown Bear" is correct, as that is a specie.
I hope this helps. Thanks for all the identifications you do for JungleDragon! Posted 13 years ago