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
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Binomial name | |
Bubo osvaldoi Arredondo & Olson, 1994
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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]