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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Animals described in 1892, Plants described in 1892, Laysan Duck, Inocybe cookei, Laysan Rail, Lollipop catshark, Blackish stingray, Aceria anthocoptes, Pygmy whitefish, New Zealand Musk Duck, Dulit Frogmouth, Laysan Millerbird, Greater Koa Finch, Chinese Mountain Cat, Laysan Apapane, Bombus vosnesenskii, Rhampholeon brevicaudatus, Placetron, Cinnamomum oliveri, Drosera praefolia, Lesser Koa Finch, Cirsium hydrophilum, Caridina gracilirostris, Salvia leucophylla, Gough Moorhen, Plateau spotted whiptail, Hypoaspis miles, Greater Amakihi, Arctomecon humilis, Hawkins' Rail, Leucothoe incisa, Atriplex fruticulosa, Salvia freyniana, Magdalena Rat, Arctomecon merriamii, Euproctis baliolalis, Gillellus ornatus, North Melanesian Cuckooshrike, Tristram's Jird, Smoky Pocket Gopher, Zvonimir's blenny, Caridina serratirostris, Abies chensiensis, Munidopsis polymorpha, Paeonia delavayi, Cerithiopsis scalaris, Potamonautes emini, Atacama Myotis, Cerithiopsis floridana. Excerpt: The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal because of its small size, is an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on three small, isolated islands. Named by Lionel Walter Rothschild in 1892, the Laysan Duck is named after Laysan island, one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is a member of the mallard clade of dabbling ducks, and is a highly behaviorally and genetically unusual species. Recent evidence suggests they evolved from an east Asian, southern hemisphere ancestor of mallards, not from stray migratory Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) as had been reported in the past. The Laysan Duck is teal-sized and dark brown, with a prominent white eye-ring. The bill is short and spatulate, dark green with var...
