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Bubo osvaldoi

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Extinct species of bird

Bubo osvaldoi
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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 the Pleistocene of Cuba.

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 bones indicates that the species was larger than any current owl.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.


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