Bubo osvaldoi
Bubo osvaldoi Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Bubo |
Species: | B. osvaldoi |
Binomial name | |
Bubo osvaldoi Arredondo & Olson, 1994 |
Bubo osvaldoi, also known as the Cuban horned owl, is an extinct species of horned owl from Pleistocene of Cuba.[1]
It was described by Oscar Arredondo and Storrs L. Olson in 1994 from three bones found in a cave in the Guaniguanico mountain range in Pinar del Río. Analysis of these indicates that the species was larger than any current owl.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Louchart, Antoine (2005). "Integrating the Fossil Record in the Study of Insular Body Size Evolution: Example of Owls (Aves, Strigiformes)" (PDF). Insular Vertebrate Evolution: 161. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ Arredondo, Oscar; Olson, Storrs L (1994). "A new species of owl of the genus Bubo from the Pleistocene of Cuba (Aves: Strigiformes)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 107 (3): 436–444. Retrieved 25 Feb 2017.