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Streptopelia picturata (Madagascar turtle-dove)

Reptilia - Columbiformes - Columbidae

Taxonomy
Columba picturata was named by Temminck (1813). It is extant. Its type locality is Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Jenner collection), which is in a Holocene cave siltstone in Mauritius.

It was recombined as Turtur picturatus by Milne-Edwards (1874) and Günther and Newton (1879); it was recombined as Nesoenas picturata by Hume (2011); it was recombined as Streptopelia picturata by Mourer-Chauviré et al. (1999), Goodman et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1813Columba picturata Temminck
1874Turtur picturatus Milne-Edwards p. 14
1879Turtur picturatus Günther and Newton p. 423
1999Streptopelia picturata Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 28 fig. 13n
2011Nesoenas picturata Hume p. 13 figs. 3A, 4A
2013Streptopelia picturata Goodman et al.
2017Streptopelia picturata Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderPsittacimorphae
orderColumbiformesLatham 1790
familyColumbidae
genusStreptopeliaBonaparte 1855
speciespicturata(Temminck 1813)

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.

Streptopelia picturata Temminck 1813 [Madagascar turtle-dove]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:33:24
Modified: 2009-01-03 19:14:09
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Streptopelia picturata (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Streptopelia picturata (193995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Nesoenas picturata (236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Streptopelia picturata (92733)