- François
Leguat (1637/1639 –
September 1735) was a
French explorer and naturalist. He was one of a
small group of male
French Protestant refugees who in...
-
scholars doubted Leguat's story, and the
existence of the
Rodrigues solitaire. In 1921, the
American linguist Geoffroy Atkinson claimed Leguat's memoir was...
- François
Leguat Giant Tortoise and Cave
Reserve ("Francois
Leguat Reserve") is a park and
nature reserve on the
island of Rodrigues,
dedicated to protecting...
- The
Rodrigues rail (Erythromachus leguati), also
known as
Leguat's gelinote or
Leguat's rail, is an
extinct species of the rail
family that was endemic...
- The
Rodrigues parrot or
Leguat's parrot (Necropsittacus rodric****) is an
extinct species of
parrot that was
endemic to the
Mascarene island of Rodrigues...
- François
Leguat in 1708 and was only
mentioned a few
times by
other writers afterwards. The
specific name "exsul" is a
reference to
Leguat, who was exiled...
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Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22728662A208157102.
Leguat, François (1708):
Voyages et
Avantures de François
Leguat & de ses Compagnons, en Deux
Isles Desertes...
- more
regularly for
fresh supplies of food. In 1691, the
Huguenot François
Leguat and
seven companions landed on the island,
intending to set up a farming...
- The
greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most
widespread and
largest species of the
flamingo family.
Common in the Old World, they are found...
- from a
subfossil sternum and some
other bones, and the
descriptions of
Leguat (1708) and
Julien Tafforet (1726). This bird was ****igned to the
genus Alectroenas...
