†Caracara latebrosus Wemore 1920 (Puerto Rican caracara)
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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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