New Zealand musk duck
| New Zealand musk duck Temporal range: Late Holocene | |
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| Type specimen from the collections of Te Papa | |
Extinct (1500s) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Biziura |
| Species: | †B. delautouri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892 | |
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The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri), also known as de Lautour's duck, is an extinct stiff-tailed duck native to New Zealand. It is only known from subfossil bones. It was 10 percent larger than its closest living relative, the Australian musk duck Biziura lobata, with which it has sometimes been combined.