Mauritius Owl

species of bird (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q616205
Mauritius Owl
Émile Oustalet (1844-1905) after Paul Philippe Sanguin de Jossigny (from 1770) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Mauritius Owl is a fossil taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: extinct species[4]
  • Parent taxon: Mascarenotus[5]
  • Endemic to: Mauritius Island[6]
  • Taxon name: Mascarenotus sauzieri[7]
  • Commons category: Mascarenotus sauzieri[8]
  • Original combination: Strix sauzieri[9]
  • Short name: M. sauzieri[10]
  • Taxon common name: Mauritius Owl[11], Mauritius-Eule[12], Lechuza de Mauricio[13], mussol de l'illa Maurici[14], sovka Sauzierova[15], mauritiuse metskakk[16], mauritiusi bagoly[17], uszatnik duży[18], výrik maurícijský[19], mauritiusuggla[20], Mauritiusuil[21], Chevêche de Maurice[22], Gufo di Mauritius[23], mauritiusdvärguv[24]
  • Taxon range: Africa[25]

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Identifiers

Mauritius Owl's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 105249[26]. Mauritius Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 2259025[27]. Mauritius Owl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 7237791[28]. Mauritius Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5789329[29]. Mauritius Owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1063245[30].

Why It Matters

Mauritius Owl has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [28] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Africa
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → fossil taxon
    Endemic to → Mauritius Island
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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