| Buteo sanya Temporal range: Late Pleistocene [1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteo |
| Species: | †B. sanya |
| Binomial name | |
| †Buteo sanya Hou, 1998 | |
Buteo sanya is an extinct species of Buteo that went extinct in the Late Pleistocene epoch. [2] Fossils for this species have been found in the Luobidang Cave site in Hainan, China. [1]
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