Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Alternative combination: Mascarenotus grucheti
Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré, R. Bour, F. Moutou and S. Ribes. 1994. Mascarenotus nov. gen. (Aves, Strigiformes), genre endémique éteint des Mascareignes et M. grucheti n. sp., espèce éteinte de La Réunion. Comptes Rendus de I'Academie des Sciences de Paris 318:1699-1706
Belongs to Otus according to A. Louchart et al. 2018
See also Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1994 and Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Otus flammeolus, Otus frutuosoi, Otus guidlayi, Otus guildayi, Otus lempiji, Otus manadensis, Otus mauli, Otus murivorus, Otus rutilus, Otus sauzieri, Otus scops, Otus trichopsis
Type specimen: MNHN LAC 1993-49, a set of limb elements (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Grotte des Premiers Francais, bed 5, which is in a Holocene cave horizon in Reunion.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Reunion (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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