The lesser moa (family Emeidae) were a family in the moa order Dinornithiformes. About two-thirds of all moa species are in the lesser moa family. The...
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The bush moa, little bush moa, or lesser moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) is an extinct species of moa from the family Emeidae (lesser moa) endemic to New...
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South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus), part of the moa family of New Zealand that went extinct about 500 years ago. The moa stood up to 3.7 m (12 ft)...
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Archey 1941] (lesser moa) Genus Anomalopteryx Bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis (North and South Island, New Zealand) Genus Emeus Eastern moa, Emeus crassus...
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other names. There is an ongoing de-extinction project to revive the bush moa through genome editing, this entry refers to the possibility of surviving...
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List of birds of New Zealand (section Lesser moa)
South Island giant moa (extinct) Order: Dinornithiformes Family: Emeidae The lesser moa (family Emeidae) were a family of moa. The moa were ratites from...
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The heavy-footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) is an extinct species of moa from the lesser moa family. The heavy-footed moa was widespread across the...
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endemic to New Zealand. Euryapteryx curtus is a ratite and a member of the lesser moa family. The ratites are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel...
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; Brooks, E. (2014). "High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) eggshell documents a complex feature at Wairau Bar...
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De-extinction (section Bush moa)
Highlands. The bush moa, also known as the little bush moa or lesser moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis) is a slender species of moa slightly larger than...
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The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand. The species was named by Richard Owen in 1883, and...
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- lesser elephant birds †Mullerornis Lesser elephant bird, Mullerornis modestus The moa of New Zealand †Emeidae – lesser moa †Anomalopteryx Bush moa, Anomalopteryx...
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Flightless bird (section Dinornithiformes (moa) †)
† Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus † Hildebrandt's elephant bird, Aepyornis hildebrandti † Giant elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus † Lesser elephant bird...
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Lesser elephant birds Mullerornithidae Madagascar Extinct (c. AD 1260) Giant moas Dinornithidae New Zealand Extinct (c. AD 1450) Tinamous Lesser moas...
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New Zealand Family Megalapteryidae: upland moas Family Dinornithidae: great moas Family Emeidae: lesser moas South America; 45 species Family Tinamidae:...
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include ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries and the extinct elephant birds and moa). DNA sequence comparisons have yielded the conclusion that kiwi are much...
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943 males and 45,823 females). The administrative centre lies at Tiakur on Moa Island (in the Letti Islands), but the largest town is Wonreli (on Kisar...
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wildly between one entry and another. c. 1400 Haast's eagle c. 1500 Moa (Emeus huttoni) Moa (Pachyornis septentrionalis) 1650 Broad-billed Parrot 1680 Mauritian...
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didinus (Owen 1883) Haast 1886 (upland moa) EX late 15th century Family †Emeidae Bonaparte 1854 (lesser moas) Genus †Anomalopteryx Reichenbach 1853 †Anomalopteryx...
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1941] (lesser moas) †Anomalopteryx didiformis (Owen 1844) Reichenbach 1853 (Little bush moas) †Emeus crassus (Owen 1846) Reichenbach 1853 (Eastern moas) †Euryapteryx...
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Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2006-10-11. http://www.moa.gov.cy/moa/gsd/gsd.nsf/dmlTroodos_en/dmlTroodos_en?OpenDocument Archived 2017-01-18...
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muscles and the hip joint capsule. Here the two trochanters, greater and lesser trochanter, are found. The greater trochanter is almost box-shaped and is...
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"A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa". Science Advances. 10 (21): eadj6823. Bibcode:2024SciA...10J6823E. doi:10...
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(from west to east): Liran Wetar Kisar Nyata Romang Leti Islands (Leti, Moa, Lakor) Sermata Islands Damer Babar Islands Layoni (Teun Island) The islands...
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to believe the accounts of giant birds and eggs because they knew of the moa in New Zealand. In 1851 the genus Aepyornis and species A. maximus were scientifically...
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Boano Buru Gorong archipelago Kai Islands Kelang Leti Islands Lakor Leti Moa Manipa Nusa Laut Seram Ambon Osi Saparua Tanimbar Islands Selaru Yamdena...
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Rose-crowned fruit dove (category Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands)
Timor (central Lesser Sunda Islands) P. r. roseipileum Hartert, EJO, 1904 – east Timor, Wetar, Romang, Kisar, Leti and Moa (east Lesser Sunda Islands)...
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Grey friarbird (category Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands)
family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the southern Moluccas: Kisar, Leti and Moa islands. BirdLife International. (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]...
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North Island giant moa Dinornis novaezealdniae EX lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and South Islands South Island giant moa Dinornis robustus...
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Lesser Sunda Islands) P. o. par Hartert, EJO, 1904 – Romang, east of Wetar; east Lesser Sunda Islands) P. o. compar Hartert, EJO, 1904 – Leti and Moa...
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