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Bubo osvaldoi

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Bubo osvaldoi, also known as the Cuban horned owl, is an extinct species of horned owl from the Pleistocene of Cuba.[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Family:Strigidae
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Bubo osvaldoi
Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Bubo
Species:
B. osvaldoi
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Bubo osvaldoi
Arredondo & Olson, 1994
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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.[2]

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