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leguati</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%" height="17"> <p>English Name</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="17"> <p>Rodrigues blue rail<br> Leguat's Gelinote </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; Forest</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Geographic Range</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Rodrigues</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>Status</p> </td> <td width="60%" height="22"> <p>Extinct around 1761<br> specimens in London</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40%"> <p>First Description</p> </td> <td width="60%"> <p>Milne-Edwards, 1874</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 leguati</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top colspan=2></td> <td width="330" valign="top"> <p>Rodrigues Rail Aphanapteryx leguati was restricted to Rodrigues, Mauritius. </p> <p>It is known from a number of bones, and from several travelers' reports, the last of which was that of Tafforet in 1726. It was flightless and apparently excellent eating, and was heavily hunted, presumably becoming extinct in the mid-18th century Pingré reported that it was extinct in 1761.</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 valign="bottom"> <td height="69"> <div align="right"><a href="#" onClick="history.go(-1)"><img src="/Images/red-arrowleft.gif" width="8" height="8" border="0">&nbsp;Back</a></div> </td> <td height="69"> <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> <br> <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>Fuller, E. Extinct Birds of the World QL676.8.F85 1987 ISBN 0-8160-1833-2 p.69, 89 <p>Greenway, J. C. Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World QL676.7.G7 1967 p.118 <p>King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8 <p>Nilsson, G. The Endangered Species Handbook QL82.N55 1983 ISBN 0-938-424-09-7 p.210 <p> BirdLife International 2003 BirdLife's online World Bird Database: the site for bird conservation. Version 2.0. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. 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