Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues parrot (Necropsittacus rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - perched on Bois dolive (Cassine orientale). Island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez), a dependency of Mauritius.
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Lienard's giant day-gecko (Phelsuma gigas) (extinct 1841) raids a Rodrigues fody (Foudia flavicans) (endangered/threatened species),nest,which hangs from a bough of Scyphochlamys revol...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues starling (Necropsar rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - attacking hatchling green turtles (Chelonia midas) - threatened/endangered species. A lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) fli...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues night heron (Nycticorax megacephalus) - extinct 1750 - and Newton's day gecko (Phelsuma edwardnewtoni) - extinct 1917 - on a Rodrigues spindle palm (Hyophorbe verschaffelti...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Tafforet's lizard-owl / Leguat's owl / Rodriguez little owl (Mascarenotus murivorus) - extinct 1761. Endemic to the Island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez),a dependency of Mauritius, in the In...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues pigeon (Columba rodericanus) - extinct 1761 - perched on the critically endangered Zanthoxylon paniculatum,above the Anse Quitor Valley,island of Rodrigues (Rodriguez),a depe...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Rodrigues high-backed carosse tortoise / Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri) - extinct 1795 - feeding on the fruit of Rodrigues spindle palm (Hyophorbe versc...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of blue morphs (usually green) of Rodrigues parakeet / Newton's parakeet (Psittacula exsul) - extinct 1874. Feeding on hibiscus lilliflorus (above) and Syzygium balfouri (below). Island o...
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Julian Hume / Illustration of Giant tortoises,late 17th century,Mauritius,Rodrigues above present-day Port Mathurin. As described by Francois Leguat,the land was covered with tortoises for up to a hundred paces. Is...
