Year Last Seen:

1779

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on Martinique, but it has been driven to extinction by hunting. The last record dates from 1779 and it is thought to have gone extinct by the end of the 18^th century.

Habitat:

Nothing is known but it is likely …

Year Last Seen:

1779

Comments:

This species was known from Guadeloupe, but it has been driven Extinct by hunting. The last records date from 1779.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, but it is likely to have been a forest species.

Causes:

It was heavily hunted, and this presumably caused its extinction …

Year Last Seen:

1774

Comments:

This species was known from the island of Raiatea, French Polynesia, but it is now Extinct, probably as a result of habitat clearance or the action of invasive species. Two specimens were collected in the early 1770s and its extinction likely followed.

Habitat:

It was …

Year Last Seen:

1761

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of Rodrigues, Mauritius, but is now Extinct. It was last reported in 1761 and presumably hunted to extinction soon after.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though it is likely to have been a forest species.

Causes:

Hunting is likely …

Year Last Seen:

1700

Comments:

This species is known from Mauritius, but has been driven Extinct by hunting pressure. The last records date from 1673-1675, and it was absent in 1693.

Habitat:

There is very little known, although it is likely to have been a forest species and its heavy …