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Domestic Goose

Anser anser f. domesticus

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Anatidae

A domestic goose is a goose that humans have domesticated and kept for their meat, eggs, or down feathers, or as companion animals. Domestic geese have been derived through selective breeding from the wild greylag goose (Anser anser domesticus) and swan goose (Anser cygnoides domesticus). Origins In Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia, the original domesticated geese are derived from the greylag goose, while in eastern Asia, the original domesticated geese are derived from the swan goose; these are commonly known as Chinese geese.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 28,606Belgium · 16,989Germany · 1,923United Kingdom · 1,037Luxembourg · 242Peru · 12