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Réunion sheldgoose

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had not listed waterfowl in his 1705 catalogue of Réunion's animals, de la Merveille's record is obviously based on obsolete hearsay information. Thus, the last record of the species appears to be the report of
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Cowles, Graham S. (1994): A new genus, three new species and two new records of extinct Holocene birds from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean.
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Wild geese, slightly smaller than the European geese. They have the same feathering, but with the bill and feet red. They are very good .
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complained of unsustainable hunting. The last record of the species is a 1709 listing of
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made in 1674. Apart from that, the species is only known from brief reports and
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and was about the same size. There is only one description remaining, that of
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in 1687. The species probably became extinct during the 1690s.
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who stated that ducks and geese occurred "in quantity", but as
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Waterfowl on Réunion were overhunted. As early as 1667,
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Restorations of Réunion sheldgeese (left, large) and
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Mascarene teals
Julian P. Hume
Conservation status
Extinct
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Anseriformes
Anatidae
Alopochen
Binomial name

Synonyms
sheldgoose
Réunion
Egyptian goose
Dubois
subfossil
Graham S. Cowles
François Martin
de la Merveille
Jean Feuilley
Père Bernardin
"Alopochen kervazoi"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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