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Genus
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Le Maout
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<paragraph id="8B88487CFFF0225CED83FB7EFDF6FB1B" blockId="11.[151,591,1124,1223]" box="[151,591,1161,1187]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cuban Black Vulture; Zopilote Cubano</paragraph>
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(
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: AF;
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)
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.
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Left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4719. Collected in San Felipe
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, by William Suárez and Stephen Díaz Franco, on
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.
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Measurements (mm) of
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.
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Total length: 86.0; proximal width: 16.4; least width of the shaft at midpoint: 7.4; distal width: 16.1; depth of trochlea metatarsi II: 7.9+; width and depth of trochlea metatarsi III: 6.79.8; depth of trochlea metatarsi IV: 9.1 (see
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).
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CEDD3FA5FFEFBFA7B" bold="true" box="[199,322,1448,1475]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Similar to
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CECD6FA5EFD07FA7B" box="[450,702,1449,1475]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Coragyps occidentalis</emphasis>
(L.
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)
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in robustness, but having tarsometatarsus slen- der, with noticeable bilateral compression at distal end and trochlea metatarsi III long, thin, and not deep.
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CEDD3FA06FEF7F9B3" bold="true" box="[199,334,1521,1547]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Etymology.</emphasis>
From Latin
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, remote, secluded, in reference to the allopatric condition of the Cuban species, given its insularity.
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San Felipe
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: Proximal half of left femur without trochanter, MNHNCu 75.4718; proximal end of left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4720
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.
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The specimens herein described are referred to
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and split from the remaining genera of
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from
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,
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Illiger
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and
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Lesson
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(
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, 2001;
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), by having a tarsometatarsus with an elongated and relatively less robust shaft, distal end flaring gradually from the shaft, with trochleae compressed bilaterally. Other characters present in the tarsometatarsus that segregate it from
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CED83F8E6FEBCF893" box="[151,261,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cathartes</emphasis>
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include those described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF0225CEF2AF8E6FD51F893" author="Carr, G. S." box="[574,744,1808,1835]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" refId="ref25782" refString="Carr, G. S. (1981) An early Pleistocene avifauna from Inglis, Florida. Ph. D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, 162 pp. [unpublished] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 42363" type="book" year="1981">Carr (1981:35)</bibRefCitation>
. Femur and tarsometatarsus (
<figureCitation id="130C54F9FFF0225CE924F8E6FBC8F894" box="[1072,1137,1809,1836]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[162,1428,747,1898]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[151,1436,741,1904]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 6. Coragyps seductus sp. nov.: Left tarsometatarsus (Holotype, MNHNCu 75.4719) in anterior (A), posterior (B) and distal (C) views; left tarsometatarsus (Paratype, MNHNCu 75.4720) in proximal (D) view; left femur (Paratype, MNHNCu 75.4718) in anterior (E) and posterior (F) views. Scale = 2 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3856503" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3856503/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
AF) similar in robustness to those of the fossil species
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(
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), and slightly more robust than in the examined series of
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CEDACF8AEFF72F8CB" box="[184,203,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
.
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. The femur MNHNCu 75.4718, is fragmentary and coincident in morphology and general characters with both
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CECF5F88AFDF7F82F" box="[481,590,1917,1943]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Coragyps</emphasis>
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species. The fragmentary condition of that specimen does not allow other comparisons. Tarsometatarsus with slender shaft of moderate robustness (shorter and more robust in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CE9FAF856FAB8F803" box="[1262,1281,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CE819F856FA2DF803" box="[1293,1428,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; slender and gracile in
<taxonomicName id="4C3733FFFFF0225CEC9BF832FE46F867" authorityName="Bechstein" authorityYear="1793" box="[399,511,1989,2015]" class="Aves" family="Cathartidae" genus="Coragyps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Accipitriformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atratus">
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CEC9BF832FE1BF867" box="[399,418,1989,2015]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF0225CECA4F831FE46F867" box="[432,511,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">atratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), distal end with noticeable bilateral compression (proximal end consistently thin- ner than distal end in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEC91FF6EFE21FF0B" box="[389,408,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BECB1FF6EFD95FF0B" box="[421,556,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF75FF6EFDCDFF0B" box="[609,628,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF95FF6DFD69FF0B" box="[641,720,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">atratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); trochlea metatarsi III long, thin, and not too deep (deeper in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BE897FF6EFA2FFF0B" box="[1411,1430,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BED83FF4AFEA7FF6F" box="[151,286,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; shorter, wider, and deeper in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF79FF4AFD39FF6F" box="[621,640,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF99FF49FD65FF6F" box="[653,732,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">atratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); trochleae metatarsorum II and IV, relatively small, the former well projected posteriad (similar in
<taxonomicName id="4C3733FFFFF7225BEF32FF16FD77FF43" baseAuthorityName="L. Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[550,718,225,251]" class="Aves" family="Cathartidae" genus="Coragyps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Accipitriformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="occidentalis">
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF32FF16FD80FF43" box="[550,569,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF53FF16FD77FF43" box="[583,718,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; relatively larger and not projected in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BE96FFF16FB37FF43" box="[1147,1166,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BE988FF15FB52FF43" box="[1180,1259,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">atratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32D1BF7FFF7225AEDD3FEF3FE1CFE6B" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="14" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B88487CFFF7225BEDD3FEF3FD94FD68" blockId="12.[151,1437,153,720]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEDD3FEF3FEF6FEA7" bold="true" box="[199,335,260,287]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Comments.</emphasis>
Fossils of
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BECD3FEF2FD23FEA7" box="[455,666,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Coragyps seductus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEFB5FEF2FD40FEA7" bold="true" box="[673,761,261,287]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2702915FFF7225BEFB5FEF2FD40FEA7" box="[673,761,261,287]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
are extremely rare in
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, and unknown in other Quaternary deposits in the Cuban archipelago. Tarsometatarsi of
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEE15FEDEFCADFEFB" box="[769,788,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEE35FEDEFC38FEFB" box="[801,897,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">seductus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEE9CFEDEFC59FEFB" bold="true" box="[904,992,297,323]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2702915FFF7225BEE9CFEDEFC59FEFB" box="[904,992,297,323]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
do not agree in their characters with the equivalent element in skeletons of
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF0BFEBAFD8BFEDF" box="[543,562,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEF54FEB9FD36FEDF" box="[576,655,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">atratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
examined (
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEE00FEB9FC9EFEDF" box="[788,807,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">N</emphasis>
=18) from North and South America, nor with series of this element in
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEC57FE86FEEFFE33" box="[323,342,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">C</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEC70FE86FE52FE33" box="[356,491,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">occidentalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BECEFFE85FDB7FE33" box="[507,526,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">N</emphasis>
= 42) from asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF7225BE94AFE86FB42FE34" author="Howard, H." box="[1118,1275,369,396]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="115 - 127" refId="ref27404" refString="Howard, H. (1968) Limb measurements of the extinct vulture, Coragyps occidentalis, with a description of a new subspecies. Papers of the Archaeological Society of New Mexico, 1, 115 - 127." type="journal article" year="1968">Howard 1968</bibRefCitation>
). The material described here represents the first record of this genus in fossil deposits of
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and the Greater Antilles. A distal fragment of a carpometacarpus (WS s/n), collected by the author in a Quaternary cave deposit at Cueva de Sandoval, Caimito Municipality,
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(formerly
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), before the material described herein, may represent this new taxon, but it lacks sufficient diagnostic characters for a positive identification. As in the case of the Antillean caracaras (see
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), members of
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in
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during the Pleistocene were represented by endemic species, all extinct today (Suárez 2001; Suárez &amp; Olson unpubl. data).
<taxonomicName id="4C3733FFFFF7225BE817FDBEFAC9FDDB" authorityName="Le Maout" authorityYear="1853" box="[1283,1392,585,611]" class="Aves" family="Cathartidae" genus="Coragyps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Accipitriformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BE817FDBEFAC9FDDB" box="[1283,1392,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Coragyps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been registered from multiple fossiliferous localities in Florida (
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), where it has been common since the late Pliocene (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF7225BEC74FD66FDA1FD13" author="Emslie, S. D." box="[352,536,657,683]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" pagination="1 - 113" refId="ref26489" refString="Emslie, S. D. (1998) Avian Community, climate, and sea-level changes in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Florida peninsula. Ornithological Monographs, 50, 1 - 113. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 40166707" type="journal article" year="1998">Emslie 1998:28</bibRefCitation>
). A similar case holds for the genus
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEEA4FD66FB8DFD13" box="[944,1076,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Gymnogyps</emphasis>
Lesson
</taxonomicName>
and the endemic Cuban Condor (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B88487CFFF7225BED83F87EFCA8F851" blockId="12.[151,1436,1929,2026]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BED83F87EFD87F81A" bold="true" box="[151,574,1929,1954]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
FIGURE 6.
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<emphasis id="B943946EFFF7225BEC0AF87DFE5AF81A" bold="true" box="[286,483,1929,1954]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Coragyps seductus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2702915FFF7225BECFFF87DFD87F81A" box="[491,574,1930,1954]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
: Left tarsometatarsus (Holotype, MNHNCu 75.4719) in anterior (A), posterior (B) and distal (C) views; left tarsometatarsus (Paratype, MNHNCu 75.4720) in proximal (D) view; left femur (Paratype, MNHNCu 75.4718) in anterior (E) and posterior (F) views. Scale = 2 cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B88487CFFF6225AEDD3FF6EFE1CFE6B" blockId="13.[151,1436,153,467]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
The Black Vulture,
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF6225AECB5FF6EFDD3FF0B" box="[417,618,153,179]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">
<taxonomicName id="4C3733FFFFF6225AECB5FF6EFDDFFF0B" authorityName="Bechstein" authorityYear="1793" box="[417,614,153,179]" class="Aves" family="Cathartidae" genus="Coragyps" kingdom="Animalia" order="Accipitriformes" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atratus">Coragyps atratus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
is very rare in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF6225AEE4CFF6EFC6AFF0B" author="Cory, C. B." box="[856,979,153,179]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="292 - 294" refId="ref25927" refString="Cory, C. B. (1891) A list of birds taken and observed in Cuba and the Bahama Islands, during March and April, 1891. Auk, 8, 292 - 294. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 4067858" type="journal article" year="1891">Cory 1891</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF6225AEECAFF6EFB3DFF0B" author="Danforth, S. T." box="[990,1156,153,179]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="178 - 182" refId="ref26105" refString="Danforth, S. T. (1928) Birds observed in the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba. Wilson Bulletin, 40, 178 - 182." type="journal article" year="1928">Danforth 1928</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF6225AE99BFF6EFAA7FF0B" author="Bruner, S. C." box="[1167,1310,153,179]" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" pagination="105 - 106" refId="ref25308" refString="Bruner, S. C. (1940) El Zopilote en Cuba (Aves: Cathartidae). Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 14, 105 - 106." type="journal article" year="1940">Bruner 1940</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFA6358DFFF6225AE83DFF6EFE29FF6F" author="Garrido, O. H. &amp; Garcia Montana, F." pageId="13" pageNumber="14" refId="ref26784" refString="Garrido, O. H. &amp; Garcia Montana, F. (1975) Catalogo de las aves de Cuba. Academia de Ciencias, La Habana, Cuba, 149 pp." type="book" year="1975">Garrido &amp; García Montaña 1975</bibRefCitation>
; American Ornithologists Union 1998;
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Raffaele
<emphasis id="B943946EFFF6225AEEAFFF49FC54FF6F" box="[955,1005,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">et al</emphasis>
. 1998
</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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;
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), and no collected specimens exist. This species have been rarely observed on the island by the author in localities such as north of Caimito Municipality,
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, 1995; Río Hatiguanico, Cienaga de Zapata,
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, 2008; and especially near Itabo, province of
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(Suárez unpubl. data), where resident individuals exist. This population was reported by
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González
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. (2013)
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. As in the case of other extinct Cuban taxa (
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,
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,
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), individuals of
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.
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seems to replace the endemic congeneric fossil species. It is highly desirable to compare Cuban neontological material of
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with specimens of continental populations.
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