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The Toulouse is a French breed of large domestic goose, originally from the area of Toulouse in south-western France. Two types are recognised: a heavy industrial type with dewlaps , the French : Oie de Toulouse à bavette ; [ 7 ] and a slightly lighter agricultural type without dewlaps, the French : Oie de Toulouse sans bavette . [ 6 ]
The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob. [ 1 ] Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose , originated in hybrids between these species (the hybrid males are usually fertile – see Haldane's Rule ).
The African Goose is a large, heavy bird, among the heaviest of all goose breeds. [ 9 ] : 364 [ 11 ] : 353 [ 13 ] According to the British standard, weights are approximately 8–11 kg for geese and 10–13 kg for ganders; the Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter [ de ] gives weights of 7 kg and 8 kg respectively.
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gās and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Genus Cereopsis – Cape Barren goose; Genus †Cnemiornis – New Zealand geese (prehistoric) Some enigmatic subfossils of very large goose-like birds from the Hawaiian Islands do not appear to be moa-nalos (goose-sized dabbling ducks). They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though most, if not all, may be fairly close to Branta:
The greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons) is a species of goose, closely related to the smaller lesser white-fronted goose (A. erythropus). [2] The greater white-fronted goose is migratory , breeding in northern Canada , Alaska , Greenland and Russia, and winters farther south in North America, Europe and Asia. [ 1 ]
Traditionally, foie gras was produced from special breeds of geese. However, by 2004, geese accounted for less than 10% of the total global foie gras production [52] and by 2014 only 5% of total French production. [53] Goose breeds used in modern foie gras production are primarily the grey Landes goose (Anser anser) [53] and the Toulouse goose.
The Pomeranian is the only descendant of the Greylag goose specifically bred for a single-lobed paunch. [3] In North America, these geese often have two lobes nonetheless due to genetic variation and inbreeding. [6] Pomeranian Geese average 16 pounds in weight and lay about 70 eggs a season [4] although some varieties may produce less. [6]