Classified

Kingdom: animalia (animals)

Phylum: chordata (animals with backbones)

Class: aves (birds)

Order: anseriformes (ducks, geese, and swans)

Family: anatidae (ducks, geese, and swans)

Tribe: cairinini (perching ducks) for the muscovy; anatini (surface-feeding ducks) for the mallardderived breeds,

Genus, Species and Subspecies: Cairina moschata (muscovy); Anas platyrhynchos domesticus (mallard derivatives)