A complete tarsometatarsus from a small Pleistocene sinkhole in northwest central Cuba is identified as that of a Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum. This constitutes the first record of any kind of tiger-heron (subfamily Tigrisomatinae) in the West Indies. The extinction of the species in Cuba is perhaps attributable to habitat loss due to climatic change.
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1 June 2008
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) from the Pleistocene of Cuba: a New Subfamily for the West Indies
Storrs L. Olson,
William Suárez
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Waterbirds
Vol. 31 • No. 2
June 2008
Vol. 31 • No. 2
June 2008
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Cuba
extinction
fossil
Pleistocene
Tigrisoma mexicanum
Tigrisomatidae