The Bonin Wood-pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeonendemic to Nakondojima and Peel Islands off the coast of Japan. It averaged a total length of 45 cm and was known from four recorded specimens, the first from 1827. The Bonin Wood-pigeon died out late in the 19th century as a result of deforestation, hunting and predation by introduced rats and cats. The last known specimen of a Bonin Wood-pigeon was taken in 1889. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Raphidae Columbidae The order Columbiformes includes two families of birds: the Raphidae, to which the extinct Dodo and Rodrigues Solitaires belonged, and the Columbidae, which includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons. ... Pigeon redirects here. ... Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597), the Latinized version of the Irish name Colmcille (Old Irish Columb Cille) meaning Dove of the church, was an Irish missionary monk who helped re-introduce Christianity to Scotland and the north of England. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Friedrich Heinrich Freiherr von Kittlitz (February 16, 1799 - April 10, 1874) was a Polish-born German artist, naval officer, explorer and naturalist. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Pigeon redirects here. ... This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ... A centimetre (American spelling: centimeter, symbol: cm) is an SI unit of length. ... 1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest; historically this has meant conversion to grassland or its artificial counterpart, grainfields; the Industrial Revolution added urbanization and technological uses. ... Rat - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus Schreber, 1775 The cat, also called domestic cat or house cat, is a small feline carnivorous mammal. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
The Bonin Wood-pigeon (Columba versicolor) was a pigeonendemic to Nakodo-jima ("Nakondo" is a frequent spelling error) and Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands off the coast of Japan.
The Bonin Wood-pigeon died out late in the 19th century as a result of deforestation, hunting and predation by introduced rats and cats.
The last known specimen of a Bonin Wood-pigeon was taken in 1889.
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