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Scientific Name
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Anas theodori
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English Name
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Mauritian Duck
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Local English Name
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French Name
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Local French Name
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Creole Name
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Habitat
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Terrestrial; Freshwater
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Geographic Range
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Mauritius, Rodrigues?, Reunion
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Status
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Extinct, last mentioned 1696
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First Description
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Newton & Gadow, 1893
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There are also numerous travelers' reports of sarcelles
and canards from Réunion, and so presumably this or a similar
species also occurred there, where they were extinct by
1710 at latest, although no bones have been found.
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