Antillean cave rail
Extinct species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Antillean cave rail (Nesotrochis debooyi), also known as DeBooy's rail, is an extinct species of flightless bird which occurred on Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.[1]
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Antillean cave rail | |
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Leg and foot bones | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Genus: | †Nesotrochis |
Species: | †N. debooyi |
Binomial name | |
†Nesotrochis debooyi Wetmore, 1918 | |
Location of Puerto Rico. |
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