Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) from the pleistocene of Cuba: A new subfamily for the West Indies

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-288

  Olson, Storrs L ^a   Suárez, William ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Musco Nacional de Historia Natural   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Bare throated Tiger Heron; Cuba; Extinction; Fossil; Pleistocene; Tigrisoma mexicanum; Tigrisomatidae

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE; SINKHOLE; WADER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

TIGRISOMA MEXICANUM;

EID: 58049128766     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[285:BTTMFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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