Species profile
Buteogallus borrasi
Buteogallus borrasi
Quick answer
Holotype. — Left tarsometatarsus lacking distal end, DPUH 1250 (Arredondo 1970 a: 4, fig. 1 [anterior], 1971: 96, fig. top left unnumbered: A, centre [anterior], 1976: fig. 3 [anterior]). Collected 11 February 1968 by Noel González Gotera and Oscar Arredondo at the type locality (Arredondo 1970 a: 4), in a place known as ‘ Bolsón de los Huesos del Salón del Depósito’ (see Acevedo González et al. 1975: 16, 18, figs. 4 – 5). Other material. — Phalanges: pedal phalanx, OA 674 (1000 B), at CZACC (Arredondo 1970 a: 15, fig. 5 *: C [lateral], D [dorsal]); ungual phalanx, digit IV, SEC P- 32, at MCZ (Arredondo 1970 a: 4, fig. 5 *: B [lateral]); ungual phalanx, digit IV, OA 675 (1000 A), at CZACC (Arredondo 1970 a: 14, fig. 4 [lateral]). Three specimens, a femur and two ungual phalanges, formerly paratypes of ‘ Aquila ’ borrasi, represent Gigantohierax suarezi (see ‘ History’ and ‘ Notes’). Other material mentioned in the original description at MCZ (Arredondo 1970 a: 2, fig. 3: B [lateral], C [lateral], see Olson & Hilgartner 1982: 28), need re-evaluation. Type locality. — Cueva del Túnel (YTU), c. 3 km south-east of La Salud, municipality of Quivicán, Mayabeque [formerly La Habana] province, Cuba (Arredondo 1970 a: 4, see Acevedo González et al. 1975: 18). Fig. 7.
- Scientific name
- Buteogallus borrasi
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Genus
- Buteogallus
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