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src="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/Images/RedRailSkeleton.jpg" width="315" height="283"></td> </tr> <tr > <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" height="20">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td colspan="2" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20"> Description </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="40%" height="16"> <p>Scientific Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="16"> <p> Aphanapteryx bonasia</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" height="17"> <p>English Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="17"> <p>Red rail, Red hen</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>&nbsp;</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%">&nbsp;</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</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Status</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>Extinct around 1675</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>First Description</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Sélys-Longchamps, 1848</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> <br> <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> Aphanapteryx bonasia, Kuina mundyi and Pezocrex herberti are synonyms</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <p>Red Rail Aphanapteryx bonasia was endemic to Mauritius from where it is known from a number of travelers' accounts and illustrations, and from numerous bones.</p> <p> It was mentioned to have become rare by Leguat in 1693, and there were no further reports, so the species, which was flightless and palatable, was presumably hunted to extinction around 1700. </p> <p>Taxonomy Kuina mundyi and Pezocrex herberti are synonyms. </p> <p>Also called  the red rail with a woodcock beak . This bird lived exclusively in Mauritius and was a contemporary to the Dodo. It disappeared at the end of the XVIIth century, around 1675, probably for the same reasons as the Dodo, i.e having been decimated not only by human beings but mainly by the newly introduced predators (rats, dogs, pigs) brought by the Dutch on the island.</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 align="right"><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"><img src="/Images/red-arrowleft.gif" width="6" height="6" border="0">&nbsp;Back</a></div> </td> <td> <div align="right"><a href="#Top"><img src="/Images/red-arrowrup.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0">&nbsp;Top</a></div> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> <td width="282" > <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=269 border=0> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor=#CC0033> <td width=5 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td width=176 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=116 border=0></td> <td width=88 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=1 border=0></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#CC0033> <td width=5 height="20"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td colspan="3" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20">Extinct Birds</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 height=5></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width=5 height="63" ></td> <td width=176> <p><a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/index.html">Index</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/Dodo.htm">Dodo</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BluePigeon.htm">Blue Pigeon</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BroadBilledParrot.htm">Broad-billed Parrot</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/GreyParrot.htm">Grey&nbsp;Parrot</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MascareneCoot.htm">Mascarene&nbsp;Coot</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MauritianDuck.htm">Mauritian&nbsp;Duck</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MauritiusOwl.htm">Mauritius&nbsp;Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/MascareneSwan.htm">Mascarene&nbsp;Swan</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/NightHeron.htm">Mauritius Night&nbsp;Heron</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RedHen.htm">Red&nbsp;Rail</a> <br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/BourbonCrestedStarling.htm">Bourbon Crested Starling</a><br> </p> <p> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/Solitaire.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Solitaire</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesNightHeron.htm">Rodrigues Night Heron</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesLittleOwl.htm">Rodrigues Little Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesOwl.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Owl</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/NewtonsParakeet.htm">Newton's Parakeet</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesParrot.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Parrot </a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesPigeon.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Pigeon</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesRail.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Rail</a><br> <a href="/Nature/Fauna/Birds/Extinct/RodriguesStarling.htm">Rodrigues&nbsp;Starling</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=100% border=0> <tbody class="ArialBlack"> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td width=8 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=5 border=0></td> <td width=232 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=116 border=0></td> <td width=6 height="1"><img height=1 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=1 border=0></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor="CC0033"> <td width=8 height="20"><img height=8 alt=. src="/Images/pixel.gif" width=8 border=0></td> <td colspan="3" valign="middle" align="left" class="Trafiletto" height="20">References</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=3 height=5></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width=8 ></td> <td width=232 > <p>BirdLife International 2003 BirdLife's online World Bird Database: the site for bird conservation. 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