Mauritius Turtle-Dove

Nesoenas cicur

The Mauritian turtle dove 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. It became extinct around 1730 because of overhunting, predation by introduced rats, and the deforestation of the island.

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