▁noise , ▁dro ppings , ▁ag gress ive ▁territorial ▁behavior ▁towards ▁both ▁humans ▁and ▁other ▁animals , ▁and ▁its ▁habit ▁of ▁begg ing ▁for ▁food ▁( ca used ▁by ▁human ▁hand ▁feed ing ). ▁ ▁N omen cl ature ▁and ▁tax onomy ▁ ▁The ▁Canada ▁go ose ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁species ▁described ▁by ▁Carl ▁Lin na eus ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁work ▁System a ▁Natur ae . ▁It ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁Br anta ▁genus ▁of ▁ge ese , ▁which ▁contains ▁species ▁with ▁largely ▁black ▁pl um age , ▁distingu ishing ▁them ▁from ▁the ▁grey ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁An ser . Br anta ▁was ▁a ▁Latin ised ▁form ▁of ▁Old ▁Nor se ▁Brand g ás , ▁" bur nt ▁( black ) ▁go ose " ▁and ▁the ▁specific ▁ep ith et ▁canad ensis ▁is ▁a ▁New ▁Latin ▁word ▁meaning ▁" from ▁Canada ". ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Oxford ▁English ▁Dictionary , ▁the ▁first ▁c itation ▁for ▁the ▁' Can ada ▁go ose ' ▁dates ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 7 7 2 . ▁The ▁Canada ▁go ose ▁is ▁also ▁col lo qu ial ly ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁" Can ad ian ▁go ose ". ▁A ▁persistent ▁urban ▁legend ▁gives ▁the ▁name ▁origin ▁as ▁after ▁an ▁orn ith ologist ▁s urn amed ▁" Can ada " ▁but ▁this ▁is ▁false . ▁ ▁The ▁c ack ling ▁go ose ▁was ▁originally ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁same ▁species ▁or ▁a ▁sub species ▁of ▁the ▁Canada ▁go ose , ▁but ▁in ▁July