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dc.contributor.authorRando Reyes, Juan Carlos 
dc.contributor.authorPieper, Harald
dc.contributor.authorAlcover, Josep Antoni
dc.contributor.authorOlson, Storrs L.
dc.contributor.otherBiología Animal y Edafología y Geología
dc.contributor.otherEvolución, ecología y conservación de vertebrados en Macaronesia (VerMac)
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T21:05:47Z
dc.date.available2024-01-11T21:05:47Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttp://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/35287
dc.description.abstractThe extinct Madeiran Scops Owl Otus mauli n. sp. is described from fossil bones found in Quaternary sites on Madeira Island (Madeira Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean). It is the first extinct bird to be described from this archipelago and the first extinct species of Strigiformes known from anywhere in Macaronesia. The forelimb bones of the new taxon are similar in size to those of the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops Linnaeus) but the hindlimb bones are longer, especially the tarsometatarsus, which is much longer and more slender than in O. scops. The estimated body weight and wing loading, together with the proportions of hindlimb bones (femur, tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus) in relation to total length of leg bones (femur+tibiotarsus+tarsometatarsus), seem to indicate a ground-dwelling life-style. Human arrival and subsequent habitat alterations (introduction of alien taxa, burning, etc.) are the most probable causes of its extinction. The same species or a close relative is documented from dunes on the island of Porto Santo, but the quality of preservation of its bones precludes more certain identificationen
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesZootaxa 3182: 29–42 (2012)
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dc.titleA new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)en
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.subject.keywordExtinctionen
dc.subject.keywordevolution of island biotasen
dc.subject.keywordMadeiran Scops Owlen
dc.subject.keywordOtus mauli n. sp.en
dc.subject.keywordMacaronesia.en
dc.subject.keywordQuaternaryen


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