Mauritian turtle dove explained

The Mauritian turtle dove (Nesoenas cicur) is an extinct species of the pigeon genus Nesoenas which was endemic to Mauritius. The holotype is a right tarsometatarsus collected in 2008 in southeastern Mauritius.^[1] It became extinct around 1730 because of overhunting, predation by rats, and deforestation.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Hume . J.P. . 2011 . Systematics, morphology, and ecology of pigeons and doves (Aves: Columbidae) of the Mascarene Islands, with three new species . Zootaxa . 3124 . 1 . 1–62 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3124.1.1 . First page
2. http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/62257034#:~:text=Mauritius%20Turtle%2Ddove%20(Nesoenas%20cicur)%20%2D%20BirdLife%20species%20factsheet&text=This%20Extinct%20species%20has%20been,predation%20by%20rats%2C%20and%20deforestation.