Mauritian turtle dove

Mauritian turtle dove
Life restoration by Julian P. Hume

Extinct (1730s)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Nesoenas
Species:
†N. cicur
Binomial name
†Nesoenas cicur
(Hume, 2011)
Former range

The Mauritian turtle dove (Nesoenas cicur) is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Nesoenas which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in southeastern Mauritius.[2] It became extinct around 1730 because of overhunting, predation by rats, and deforestation.[3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Nesoenas cicur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62257034A119206244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62257034A119206244.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ Hume, J.P. (2011). "Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species". Zootaxa. 3124 (1): 1–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3124.1.1. First page
  3. ^ http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/62257034#:~:text=Mauritius%20Turtle%2Ddove%20(Nesoenas%20cicur)%20%2D%20BirdLife%20species%20factsheet&text=This%20Extinct%20species%20has%20been,predation%20by%20rats%2C%20and%20deforestation.