Cretan Owl

Cretan Owl
Athene cretensis
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Athene cretensis and Candiacervus ropalophorus
Conservation status
Prehistoric
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Athene
Species: A. cretensis
Binomial name
Athene cretensis
Weesie, 1982

The Cretan Owl (Athene cretensis) is an extinct species of owl from the Pleistocene of Crete, Mediterranean. It was first named by Weesie in 1982.[1] In life, it would have been at least 2 feet tall, and flightless or nearly flightless. The Cretan Owl went extinct a while after humans began inhabiting Crete.

References

  1. ^ Palaeontological fieldwork done by Dutch-Greek teams Retrieved on 2008-08-25
  • Faunal Extinction in an Island Society - Pygmy Hippopotamus Hunters of Cyprus (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Alan H. Simmons and G.A. Clarke (Pg.176)
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