Mauritius night heron
| Mauritius night heron | |
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| Subfossil remains | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Nycticorax |
| Species: | †N. mauritianus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nycticorax mauritianus (Newton & Gadow, 1893)
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| Location of Mauritius | |
The Mauritius night heron (Nycticorax mauritianus) is an extinct night heron species from Mauritius. It is only known by seven subfossil bone remains consisted of cranium, pelvis, coracoid, ulna, radius, and tarsometatarsus found in Mare aux Songes. Only the coracoid and the tarsometatarsus are left today. It was scientifically discussed in 1893 by Edward Newton and Hans Gadow from the Cambridge University. Newton and Gadow measured the tarsometatarsus with 81 to 87 mm.[2] It became presumedly extinct in the late 17th century and was probably first mentioned by François Leguat in 1693 who described them as a "great flight of bitterns".
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nycticorax mauritianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22728777A94996372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728777A94996372.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Greenway, James C. (1967): Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World
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- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Extinct birds of Indian Ocean islands
- Nycticorax
- Bird extinctions since 1500
- Birds of Mauritius
- Extinct animals of Africa
- Extinct animals of Mauritius
- Birds described in 1893
- Taxa named by Hans Friedrich Gadow
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