Rodrigues pigeon
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The Rodrigues pigeon or Rodrigues dove (Nesoenas rodericanus) is an extinct species of pigeon formerly endemic to the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from a subfossil sternum and some other bones, and the descriptions of Leguat (1708) and Julien Tafforet (1726).
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Rodrigues pigeon | |
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Subfossil bones, 1873. The bones below (2) where originally assigned to the Malagasy turtle dove | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Columbiformes |
Family: | Columbidae |
Genus: | Nesoenas |
Species: | †N. rodericanus |
Binomial name | |
†Nesoenas rodericanus (Milne-Edwards, 1873) | |
Location of Rodrigues | |
Synonyms | |
Columba rodericana Milne-Edwards, 1873 |
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