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height="17"> <p>Mascarene Coot</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Local English Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="19"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>French Name</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Poule d'eau</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Local French Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Creole Name</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" height="16"> <p>Habitat</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="16"> <p> Terrestrial; Freshwater</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Geographic Range</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Mauritius, Reunion, Mascarene Islands</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Status</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>Extinct Reunion (1672)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>First Description</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Milne-Edwards, 1867 </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table width="98%" border="0"> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20"> <a name=contents>Classification</a> </td> </tr> <tr valignment="top"> <td width="62"> <p> Kingdom<br> Phylum<br> Sub phylum<br> Class<br> Sub class<br> Super order<br> Order<br> Family<br> Sub-Family <br> Genus<br> Species</p> </td> <td width="163" valign="top"> <p> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/animalia.html" target="_blank">Animalia</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata.html" target="_blank">Chordata</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/vertebrata.html" target="_blank">Vertebrata</a> <br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html" target="_blank">Aves</a><br> <font size=2>Neornithes</font> <br> <font size=2><a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves.html" target="_blank">Neognathae</a></font> <br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves/columbiformes.html" target="_blank">Gruiformes</a><br> <a href="http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/aves/columbiformes/raphidae.html" target="_blank">Rallidae</a><br> <br> <br> Fulica newtoni</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <p>Mascarene Coot Fulica newtoni is known from numerous travelers' reports and bones from Réunion (to France), and also probably occurred on Mauritius from where there were reports of poule d'eau, the contemporary name used for the birds on Réunion. </p> <p>Birds were last reported on Réunion (by Dubois) in 1672, and on Mauritius (by Leguat) in 1693, and were presumably hunted to extinction despite the fact that they were  not good to eat .</p> </td> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <div 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