Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions

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Grus cubensis Fischer & Stephan

Cuban Flightless Crane (Grus cubensis)

The Cuban Flightless Crane was described in 1971, it is actually a Pleistocene species, but since it is thought to have well survived into the beginning of the Holocene, it is briefly mentioned here.

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edited: 12.06.2020

This entry was posted in 6.Aves and tagged Antigone cubensis (Fischer & Stephan), Cuba, Greater Antilles, Gruidae, Grus, Grus cubensis on October 4, 2011 by Alang.

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