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Réunion giant tortoise: Cylindraspis indica: Réunion Extinct since c. 1840. [73] Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise: Cylindraspis inepta [74] Mauritius Extinct, at least on the main island, since c. 1735. [73] In 1844 a female tortoise was captured alive on Round Island and taken to Mauritius, where it laid eggs that hatched.
The Mascarene Islands (English: / m æ s k ə ˈ r iː n /, French: Mascareignes) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion.
The saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta) is an extinct species of giant tortoise in the family Testudinidae. It was endemic to Mauritius . The last records of this tortoise date to the early 18th century.
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At least one of the two Mauritius giant tortoise species might have survived on Round Island, just north of Mauritius, until much later, according to the 1846 Lloyd report. The Lloyd expedition in 1844 found several very large specimens of giant tortoise surviving on Round Island, although the island was by then already overrun with enormous ...
The Mascarene paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone bourbonnensis) is a species of bird in the monarch-flycatcher family Monarchidae. It is endemic to the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Réunion . There are two subspecies recognized: [ 2 ] the nominate subspecies from Réunion, also known as the Réunion paradise flycatcher ; and T. b. desolata ...
The Mascarene martin or Mascarene swallow (Phedina borbonica) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in Madagascar and in the Mascarene Islands.The nominate subspecies occurs on Mauritius and Réunion and has never been found away from the Mascarene Islands, but the smaller Madagascan subspecies, P. b. madagascariensis, is migratory and has been recorded wintering in East Africa ...
There are several sorts of parrot, of different sizes and colours. Some are the size of a hen, grey, the beak red [Mascarene parrot]; others the same colour the size of a pigeon [Mascarene grey parakeet], and yet others, smaller, are green [echo parakeet]. There are great quantities, especially in the Sainte-Suzanne area and on the mountainsides.