| 词条 | Mauritius owl |
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| name = Mauritius owl | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | extinct = ca. 1850 | image = Mauritius owl.jpg | image_caption = Pencil drawing of a recently killed specimen by Paul Philippe Sanguin de Jossigny, from around 1770 | genus = Mascarenotus | species = sauzieri | authority = (Newton & Gadow, 1893) | synonyms =Strix sauzieri Newton & Gadow, 1893 Scops commersoni Oustalet, 1896 Strix newtoni (male) Rothschild, 1907 Tyto sauzieri (female) Hachisuka, 1953 Tyto newtoni (male) Hachisuka, 1953 | range_map = Mauritius island location.svg | range_map_caption = Location of Mauritius }} The extinct Mauritius owl (Mascarenotus sauzieri), also called Commerson's, Sauzier's or Newton's owl, was endemic to the Mascarene island of Mauritius. It is known from a collection of subfossil bones from the Mare aux Songes swamp, a detailed sketch made by de Jossigny in 1770, a no less detailed description by Desjardins of a bird shot in 1836, and a number of brief reports about owls, the first being those of Van Westzanen in 1602 and Matelief in 1606. TaxonomyNo descriptions of owls were recorded between the mid-17th and the late 18th century. This led to considerable confusion, especially since the bones were referred to ear tuft-less Strix or barn owls, whereas the image and the description unequivocally show the presence of ear tufts. Thus, it was for a long time believed that 2 or even 3 species of owls occurred on the island. The supposed "barn owl" Tyto newtoni was described from tarsometatarsus bones of what probably was a male individual of this species, whereas the Mauritius owl's type specimen seems to be a bone of a larger female bird. But the bird was neither a Strix nor a barn owl. Instead, the Mascarene owls of the genus Mascarenotus were most probably an aberrant member of the scops owl lineage. The Mauritius bird was the largest species of its genus, with a total length of about 60 cm. Its scientific name honors Théodore Sauzier, who made the first bones available for scientific study. In 2018, a DNA study by and colleagues found that the Mascarenotus owls grouped among species of Otus (the scops owls), and therefore belonged to that genus. The cladogram below shows the placement of the Mauritius owl:[2] {{clade |style=font-size:85%; line-height:85%;|1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Otus mirus (Mindanao scops owl) |2=Otus longicornis (Luzon scops owl)}} |2={{clade |1=Otus murivorus (Rodrigues owl) |2=Otus capnodes (Anjouan scops owl) |3=Otus moheliensis (Moheli scops owl) |4=Otus mayottensis (Mayotte scops owl) |5={{clade |1=Otus insularis (Seychelles scops owl) |2=Otus sunia (oriental scops owl)}} |6={{clade |1=Otus sauzieri (Mauritius owl) |2=Otus pauliani (Karthala scops owl) |3={{clade |1=Otus rutilus madagascariensis (Torotoroka scops owl) |2=Otus rutilus rutilus (Rainforest scops owl)}} }} }} }} }} ExtinctionThe Mauritius owl was the largest carnivore on the island before the start of human settlement. Thus, unlike other local species of birds, it was not much affected by the introduction of predators such as cats, rats, and crab-eating macaques. In the 1830s, the species seems to have been not uncommonly found in the southeastern part of the island, between Souillac and the Montagnes Bambous due east of Curepipe, with the last testimony of observations referring to several encounters in 1837. However, as the cultivation of sugarcane and tea encroached upon its habitat, combined with reckless shooting, it disappeared rapidly. In 1859, Clark wrote that the bird was extinct. References1. ^{{IUCN|id=22728861 |title=Mascarenotus sauzieri |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}} 2. ^{{cite journal |last1=Louchart |first1=Antoine |last2=Bastian |first2=Fabiola |last3=Baptista |first3=Marilia |last4=Guarino-Vignon |first4=Perle |last5=Hume |first5=Julian P. |last6=Jacot-des-Combes |first6=Cécile |last7=Mourer-Chauviré |first7=Cécile |last8=Hänni |first8=Catherine |last9=Ollivier |first9=Morgane |title=Ancient DNA reveals the origins, colonization histories, and evolutionary pathways of two recently extinct species of giant scops owl from Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands (Mascarene Islands, south-western Indian Ocean) |journal=Journal of Biogeography |date=2018 |doi=10.1111/jbi.13450}}
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