| 词条 | Puerto Rican quail-dove |
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| fossil_range= Early Holocene | name = Puerto Rican quail-dove | image = Geotrygon larva.jpg | image_caption = Bones of the Puerto Rican quail-dove | status = EX | genus = Geotrygon | species = larva | authority = (Wetmore, 1920) | synonyms = Oreopela larva }} The Puerto Rican quail-dove (Geotrygon larva) is an extinct species of dove from the genus of quail-doves (Geotrygon). It is only known by subfossil material from the Holocene. Remains of the Puerto Rican quail-dove were unearthed in the caves Cueva Clara and Cueva Catedral near Morovis, in the cave Cueva Toraño at Utuado and in a kitchen midden near Mayagüez on Puerto Rico. The holotype, a tarsometatarsus, was discovered in July 1916 by zoologist Harold Elmer Anthony in the cave Cueva Clara. According to Alexander Wetmore[1] who described this species it was related to the grey-fronted quail-dove (Geotrygon caniceps) which occurs on Cuba and on the Dominican Republic. However, the tarsometatarsus of the Puerto Rican quail-dove is longer than in the grey-fronted quail-dove. Compared with the ruddy quail-dove (Geotrygon montana), which occurs on Puerto Rico too, the tarsometatarsi are more slender. The amount of the unearthed material led to the assumption that the Puerto Rican quail-dove might have been a common bird before the arrival of the first settlers. Probably it became a victim of the extensive deforestations. Notes1. ^Alexander Wetmore: Five New Species of Birds from Cave Deposits In Porto Rico In: Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 1920:p 79–80 References
7 : Geotrygon|Endemic birds of Puerto Rico|Extinct birds of the Caribbean|Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|Quaternary birds of North America|Holocene extinctions|Birds described in 1920 |
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