Aves - Anseriformes - Anatidae

Alternative combinations: Alopochen mauritiana, Sarcidiornis mauritianus, Sarkidiornis mauritianus

Full reference: E. Newton and H. Gadow. 1893. On additional bones of the Dodo and other extinct birds of Mauritius obtained by Mr. Théodore Sauzier. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 13:281-302

Belongs to Alopochen according to J. P. Hume 2013

See also Brodkorb 1964, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Newton and Gadow 1893

Sister taxa: Alopochen (Mascarenachen), Alopochen aegyptiaca, Alopochen kervazoi, Alopochen sirabensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection)

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