Caracara latebrosus Wemore 1920 (Puerto Rican caracara)

Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae

Alternative combination: Polyborus latebrosus

Belongs to Caracara according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Wetmore 1920 and Wetmore 1922

Sister taxa: Caracara cheriway, Caracara creightoni, Caracara plancus, Polyborus plancus

Type specimen: AMNH 4921, a limb element (proximal end of right metacarpus)

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cueva ToraƱo, Utuado district (Quaternary of Puerto Rico)

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