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Gallirallus astolfoi Salvador, Anderson & Tennyson, 2021

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Holocene

 

Distribution

Rapa Island (=Rapa Iti), French Polynesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Salvador, Rodrigo B., Anderson, Atholl and Tennyson, Alan J. D. (2021). An Extinct New Rail (Gallirallus, Aves: Rallidae) Species from Rapa Island, French Polynesia. Taxonomy 1(4): 448-457. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1040032


Other references:

Tennyson, Alan J. D. and Anderson, Atholl. (2012). Bird, reptile and mammal remains from archaeological sites on Rapa Island, pp. 105-114. In: Atholl Anderson; Douglas J. Kennett (eds.). Taking the High Ground: The archaeology of Rapa, a fortified island in remote East Polynesia. In: Terra Australis 37. Canberra: ANU E Press.

 

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