MASCARENTUS NOV-GEN (AVES, STRIGIFORMES), EXTINCT ENDEMIC GENUS FROM THE MASCARENE ISLANDS, AND M-GRUCHETI N-SP, EXTINCT SPECIES FROM LA-REUNION

Authors
MOURERCHAUVIRE C BOUR R MOUTOU F RIBES S
Citation
C. Mourerchauvire et al., MASCARENTUS NOV-GEN (AVES, STRIGIFORMES), EXTINCT ENDEMIC GENUS FROM THE MASCARENE ISLANDS, AND M-GRUCHETI N-SP, EXTINCT SPECIES FROM LA-REUNION, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre, 318(12), 1994, pp. 1699-1706
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie 2, Mecanique, physique, chimie, sciences de l'univers, sciences de la terre → ACNP
ISSN journal
07644450
Volume
318
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
1699 - 1706
Database
ISI
SICI code
0764-4450(1994)318:12<1699:MN(SEE>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The extinct owls from the Mascarene Islands can be ascribed to a disti nct genus, Mascarenotus, probably derived from the genus Otus. Commers on's Scops Owl, from Mauritius, known from a description and a drawing , corresponds to the same taxon as ''Strix'' sauzieri, described from fossil bones. The bone remains recently found in La Reunion are ascrib ed to a new species, M. grucheti. The genus Mascarenotus shows a strik ing parallelism with the extinct genus Grallistrix, from the Hawaiian Islands.