Mentocrex
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Madagascar wood rail Mentocrex kioloides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Sarothruridae |
| Genus: | Mentocrex Peters, JL, 1932 |
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Mentocrex is a genus of birds in the flufftail family, Sarothruridae. The genus includes two species, both of which are endemic to forests in Madagascar.
Species
The genus contains two species.[1]
- Madagascar forest rail (Mentocrex kioloides)
- Tsingy forest rail (Mentocrex beankaensis)
These two species were formerly placed in the genus Sarothrura.[2]
References
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Flufftails, finfoots, rails, trumpeters, cranes, limpkin". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- hdl:2440/119533.