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Post by Melanie on Jun 5, 2005 21:04:11 GMT
Syn: Alopochen kervazoi
became extinct around 1674.
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Post by another specialist on Jun 6, 2005 3:59:59 GMT
Alopochen kervazoi (Cowles) 1994 Subrecent of Réunion, w Mascarene Islands, wc Indian Ocean Primary materials: Holotype: premaxillare, nasal  Secondary materials: Paratype: incomplete sternum, carpometacarpi, phalanx, vertebra Graham S. Cowles, A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean Géobios 27 (1994): 87-93 See also: Cécile Mourer-Chauviré, Roger Bour, Sonia Ribes & François Moutou, The avifauna of Réunion Island (Mascarene Islands) at the time of the arrival of the first Europeans in Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C., 4-7 June 1996. Storrs L. Olson editor 89 (1999): 1-38 |
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Post by another specialist on Jun 8, 2005 7:30:30 GMT
Family/Sub-family ANATIDAE Species name author Cowles, 1994 Taxonomic source(s) Summary Mascarenachen kervazoi is known only from subfossil bones collected by Bertrand Kervazo in the Grottes des Premiers Français on Réunion (to France) in 19742. Nontekoe mentioned finding geese on the island when he visited in 1619, as did Dubois in 1671-2, but as early as 1667 Martin recorded destruction of the wildfowl and habitat of the Etang de Saint-Paul, and the species was specifically mentioned to have become extinct by Boucher in 17101. The specimens are deposited in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris2. www.birdlife.net/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=30240&m=0 |
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Post by Melanie on Jun 8, 2005 10:54:22 GMT
 first row, third bird |
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Post by Melanie on Jun 8, 2005 11:02:31 GMT
 Pair is seen on the left side of this picture. |
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Post by another specialist on Nov 2, 2005 10:02:26 GMT
Alopochen kervazoi (Cowles) 1994 Subrecent of Réunion, w Mascarene Islands, wc Indian Ocean Primary materials: Holotype: premaxillare, nasal Secondary materials: Paratype: incomplete sternum, carpometacarpi, phalanx, vertebra Graham S. Cowles, A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean Géobios 27 (1994): 87-93 www.ornitaxa.com/SM/Fossil/FossilAnati.htm |
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Post by Carlos on Jul 5, 2006 19:50:09 GMT
In: Mourer-Chauviré, C. et al. Recent avian extinctions on Réunion (Mascarene Islands) from paleontological and historical sources. Bull B.O.C. 2006 126A
Alopochen (Mascarenachen) kervazoi (Cowles, 1994), Kervazo's Egyptian Goose
Several reports mention the presence of geese, but only until the time of Dubois, who gave the most detailed description: 'wild geese, slightly smaller than the European geese. They have the same feathering, but with the bill and feet red. They are very good [to eat]' (Barré & Barau 1982, our translation). The identification of this goose as closely related to Alopochen aegyptiacus, Egyptian Goose, agrees well with Dubois' description of the bill and feet. The extinct goose of Réunion, and the extinct Malagasy Goose Alopochen sirabensis, exhibit a slight reduction in the length of the wing elements (ulna a carpometacarpus), and a slight increase in the length of the femur.
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Post by another specialist on Jul 24, 2007 5:38:56 GMT
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Post by another specialist on May 11, 2008 20:54:22 GMT
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Post by surroundx on Aug 12, 2014 12:50:26 GMT
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