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After Livezey, 1996

<==o Anatini (sorsat)
   |--o Cairina ()?
   |  |--o Aix [supergenus]
   |  |  `--o Aix (mandariinisorsat)
   |  |     |-- A. sponsa (morsiosorsa)
   |  |     `-- A. galericulata (mandariinisorsa)
   |  `--o Cairina [supergenus]
   |     |-- Pteronetta hartlaubii (kanelisorsa)
   |     `--o Cairina (myskisorsat)
   |        |-- C. moschata (myskisorsa)
   |        `-- C. scutulata (sumatransorsa)
   `--+--o Nettapodina ()?
      |  |-- Chenonetta jubata (lyijysorsa)
      |  `--o Nettapus (kääpiösorsat)
      |     |-- N. (Nettapus) auritus (afrikankääpiösorsat)
      |     `--o N. (Cheniscus)
      |        |-- N. (C.) pulchellus (australiankääpiösorsa)
      |        `-- N. (C.) coromandelianus (aasiankääpiösorsa)
      `-- Anatina (sorsat)

Reference(s):

Ericson, P. G. P. 1996: Systematic relationships of the Palaeogene family Presbyornithidae (Aves: Anseriformes).
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: vol. 121, #4, pp. 429-483

Livezey, B. C. 1996: A phylogenetic classification of waterfowl (Aves: Anseriformes), including selected fossil species.
–Annals of Carnegie Museum: vol. 66, #4, pp. 457-496.

 

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