The Mauritian turtle dove (Nesoenas cicur) is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Nesoenas which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in southeastern Mauritius.[2] It became extinct around 1730 because of overhunting, predation by rats, and deforestation.[3]
| Mauritian turtle dove | |
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| Life restoration by Julian P. Hume | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Columbiformes |
| Family: | Columbidae |
| Genus: | Nesoenas |
| Species: | †N. cicur
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nesoenas cicur (Hume, 2011)
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References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Nesoenas cicur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T62257034A119206244. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T62257034A119206244.en. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Hume, J.P. (2011). "Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species". Zootaxa. 3124 (1): 1–62. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3124.1.1. First page
- ^ http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/62257034#:~:text=Mauritius%20Turtle%2Ddove%20(Nesoenas%20cicur)%20%2D%20BirdLife%20species%20factsheet&text=This%20Extinct%20species%20has%20been,predation%20by%20rats%2C%20and%20deforestation.