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Nycticorax mauritianus (Mauritius night heron)
Taxonomy
Butorides mauritianus was named by Newton and Gadow (1893). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius.
It was recombined as Nycticorax mauritianus by Hume (2013).
It was recombined as Nycticorax mauritianus by Hume (2013).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1893 | Butorides mauritianus Newton and Gadow p. 289 figs. Pl 34, figs 6-8 |
| 1933 | Butorides mauritianus Lambrecht p. 317 |
| 2013 | Nycticorax mauritianus Hume p. 212 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Nycticorax mauritianus Newton and Gadow 1893 [Mauritius night heron]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||