#American_merganser__Mergus_merganser_americanus  common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
  supertype:  merganser__fish_duck__sawbill  large crested fish-eating diving duck having a slender hooked bill with serrated edges
  member of:  genus_Mergus__Mergus  mergansers
     member of:  subfamily_Merginae__Merginae  mergansers and closely related diving birds
        member of:  family_Anatidae__Anatidae  swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks
           member of:  order_Anseriformes__Anseriformes  ducks; geese; swans; screamers
              member of:  class_Aves__Aves  birds
                 member of:  subphylum_Vertebrata__Vertebrata__Craniata__subphylum_Craniata  fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals
                    member of:  phylum_Chordata__Chordata  comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord
                       member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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