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Published: 2017-04-10 05:55:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 7032; Favourites: 189; Downloads: 25
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Una especie poco conocida
Aegypius prepyrenaicus fue un buitre que habitó Europa durante el Pleistoceno;era pariente del actual buitre negro (Aegypius monachus) que es el buitre más grande de la actualidad (con mas de tres metros de envergadura y hasta 14 kilos de peso es comparable incluso a los cóndores americanos). A. prepyrenaicus era aún mayor. Es posible que haya atacado presas vivas de cuando en cuando, como su pariente moderno. A little known species
Aegypius prepyrenaicus was a vulture that lived in Europe during the Pleistocene; it was related to today's cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) which is the largest vulture today (over three meter wingspan, up to 14 kgs, being comparable even to condors). A. prepyrenaicus was even bigger tho. It is possible that it would go after live prey occassionally, like its modern counterpart.
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That would make it the largest accipitrid ever, wouldn't it?
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Possibly, but there are other contenders. I'll try to doodle some of them too
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The only accipitrids I know that got anywhere near that big are the Haast's eagle, the Woodward's eagle, and some of today's larger old world vultures.
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