Réunion sheldgoose
| Réunion sheldgoose | |
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| Restorations of Réunion sheldgeese (left, large) and Mascarene teals (right, smaller) by Julian P. Hume
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Alopochen |
| Species: | †A. kervazoi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Alopochen kervazoi (Cowles, 1994)
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| Location of Réunion | |
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Mascarenachen kervazoi Cowles, 1994 | |
The Réunion sheldgoose or Kervazo's Egyptian goose (Alopochen kervazoi) is an extinct species of
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].[2]
Extinction
Waterfowl on Réunion were overhunted. As early as 1667, François Martin complained of unsustainable hunting. The last record of the species is a 1709 listing of de la Merveille who stated that ducks and geese occurred "in quantity", but as Jean Feuilley had not listed waterfowl in his 1705 catalogue of Réunion's animals, de la Merveille's record is obviously based on obsolete hearsay information. Thus, the last record of the species appears to be the report of Père Bernardin in 1687. The species probably became extinct during the 1690s.
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4729-3744-5.
- Cowles, Graham S. (1994): A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Geobios 27(1): 87–93.
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