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Cave Rails
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Cave Rails

Nesotrochis

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:

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cuban Cave Rail

speciesNesotrochis picapicensis

Haitian Cave Rail

speciesNesotrochis steganinos

Antillean Cave Rail

speciesNesotrochis debooyi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 632200.