Otus mauli Rando, Pieper, Alcover & Olson, 2012, new species ...

• Main Authors: Rando, Juan Carlos, Pieper, Harald, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Olson, Storrs L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Aves; Strigiformes; Strigidae; Otus; Otus mauli; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631913; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631913

Otus mauli, new species (Figs. 2 and 3) Holotype: Complete right tarsometatarsus (MMF 41628; collected 11 April 1984; see Fig. 3 C). Type locality: Ponta de São Lourenço (Madeira Island). Horizon: Late Quaternary. Status: Extinct. Etymology: The new fossil owl species is named after Dr. honoris causa (1995) Günther Edmund Maul (7 May 1909 Frankfurt/M.– 28 Sept 1997 Funchal), who came to Madeira in October 1930. He worked first as a taxidermist in the Museu Municipal do Funchal (História Natural) and was later (1940–1981) its director. He was the leading expert on the Madeiran fauna in general, and especially on marine fishes. The majority of his publications (beginning in 1945) were listed by Wilhelm (2009). Wilhelm (2002 a, b) and Biscoito (1997) have provided obituaries. Paratypes (locality and dates of collection are included): Madeira (Ponta de São Lourenço): MMF 41629, distal half of a right humerus with damaged distal end (Sep 1986); MMF 41630, distal part of a right ulna with damaged distal end (Sep ... : Published as part of Rando, Juan Carlos, Pieper, Harald, Alcover, Josep Antoni & Olson, Storrs L., 2012, A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean), pp. 29-42 in Zootaxa 3182 on pages 32-36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209430 ...