White-throated rail
| White-throated rail | |
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| D. c. cuvieri, Ranomafana National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | Rallidae |
| Genus: | Dryolimnas |
| Species: | D. cuvieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Dryolimnas cuvieri (Pucheran, 1845)
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The white-throated rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri) or Cuvier's rail, is a species of
Rallidae
.
Distribution
It is found in the Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte, and Seychelles.
Taxonomy
The
iterative evolution, in which a distinct population is wiped out from an area but it is recolonized by members of the source population, who evolve in the same way as the extinct population.[4][5]
It is now the last living member of the genus Dryolimnas, and the Aldabra subspecies is believed to be the last
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest
.
References
- . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Seychelles Islands Foundation working to classify Aldabra Rail as a separate species". www.seychellesnewsagency.com. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ISBN 9781472937445.
- ^ "The bird that came back from the dead". Science Daily.
- .
- ^ "Seychelles haven of the giant tortoise". 29 May 2018 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
External links
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