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Nesotrochis

Wikipedia Abstract

Nesotrochis is a genus of extinct flightless rails in the family Rallidae. Its species are considered examples of insular gigantism. This genus, only known empirically from subfossil remains, contains the following species, which are collectively known as West Indian cave-rails: \n* Antillean cave rail, Nesotrochis debooyi (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, West Indies) - may have survived until historic times \n* Haitian cave-rail, Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies) - prehistoric \n* Cuban cave-rail, Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies) - prehistoric
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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0