Antigone cubensis
Antigone cubensis, sometimes called the Cuban flightless crane, is a large, extinct species of crane which was endemic to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. The species was originally placed in the genus Grus, as Grus cubensis, however subsequent study of the genus resulted in moving the species to Antigone in 2020. Subfossil remains were found in Pleistocene deposits in Pinar del Rio. Probably derived from an early invasion of sandhill cranes from North America, it differed from that species by, as well as larger size, having a proportionately broader bill, stockier legs, and with reduced wings and pectoral girdle indicating that it may have been flightless. Currently, the only extant Caribbean crane is the Cuban sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis nesiotes, an endangered subspecies of
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Antigone cubensis
Antigone cubensis, sometimes called the Cuban flightless crane, is a large, extinct species of crane which was endemic to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. The species was originally placed in the genus Grus, as Grus cubensis, however subsequent study of the genus resulted in moving the species to Antigone in 2020. Subfossil remains were found in Pleistocene deposits in Pinar del Rio. Probably derived from an early invasion of sandhill cranes from North America, it differed from that species by, as well as larger size, having a proportionately broader bill, stockier legs, and with reduced wings and pectoral girdle indicating that it may have been flightless. Currently, the only extant Caribbean crane is the Cuban sandhill crane, Antigone canadensis nesiotes, an endangered subspecies of
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Antigone cubensis, sometimes c ...... crane endemic to the country.
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Der Kuba-Kranich (Antigone cub ...... elipe in der Provinz Matanzas.
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古巴鹤(学名:Grus cubensis),是生存于更新世古巴,加勒比海的一种巨型的鹤。
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Fischer & Stephan, 1971
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Antigone
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Tibiotarsus of Antigone cubensis
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cubensis
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(Fischer & Stephan, 1971)
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*Grus cubensis
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Antigone cubensis, sometimes c ...... , an endangered subspecies of
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Der Kuba-Kranich (Antigone cub ...... elipe in der Provinz Matanzas.
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古巴鹤(学名:Grus cubensis),是生存于更新世古巴,加勒比海的一种巨型的鹤。
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Antigone cubensis
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Kuba-Kranich
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Kubatrana
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古巴鹤
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