Nesotrochis

Nesotrochis; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Holocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Genus:	†Nesotrochis; Wetmore, 1918
Species
	†N. debooyi Wetmore, 1918; †N. steganinos Olson, 1974; †N. picapicensis Fischer & Stephan, 1971;

Nesotrochis is a genus of extinct flightless rails in the family Rallidae.^[1] Its species are considered examples of insular gigantism.^[1] This genus, only known empirically from subfossil remains, contains the following species, which are collectively known as West Indian cave-rails:

Antillean cave rail, Nesotrochis debooyi (Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, West Indies) - may have survived until historic times
Haitian cave-rail, Nesotrochis steganinos (Haiti, West Indies) - prehistoric
Cuban cave-rail, Nesotrochis picapicensis (Cuba, West Indies) - prehistoric

References

^ ^a ^b Livezey, Bradley C. (22 October 1997). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)" (PDF). The Royal Society. PMC 1692427.

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[Livezey-1] Livezey, Bradley C. (22 October 1997). "A phylogenetic analysis of the Gruiformes (Aves) based on morphological characters, with an emphasis on the rails (Rallidae)" (PDF). The Royal Society. PMC 1692427.

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