Investigación ambiental: Recent submissions
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The Stygian Owl (Asio stygius noctipetens) in the Dominican Republic
(1983)The Stygian Owl was known on the island of Quisqueya long before Columbus discovered the New World. A carved wooden figure of a bird with ear tufts found in a cave, and an Indian drawing on a cave wall, indicate that it ... -
Hispaniola's first Black Rail (Laterallus jamaicensis)
(1986)On December 30, 1984, F. Soriamo, an educator at the Zoological Park in Santo Domingo, brought to me a tiny live rail for identification. It had been caught by a campesino in a field under plow between Monte Plata and ... -
The Least Pauraque in the Dominican Republic
(1979)The Least Pauraque (Siphonorhis brewsteri) of Hispaniola has been known to science for 62 years. Rollo H. Beck collected the first specimen at Túbano (now known as Padre Las Casas) near Azua in the Dominican Republic ... -
Complete zygomatic arches in the Late Quaternary sloth Neocnus from La Altagracia province, Dominican Republic
(2022)[English] Specimens of the extinct sloth genus Neocnus recovered from northwestern La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic exhibit a unique zygomatic arch. The arch consists of the jugal anteriorly fused to the maxilla ... -
Revision of the fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from Hispaniola with the description of a new species
(2022)[Español] Las tortugas terrestres del género Chelonoidis tuvieron una amplia distribución en el Caribe insular y las Bahamas durante el Pleistoceno tardío y el Holoceno. Dos especies de este género, C. marcanoi Turvey et ...
