South Island giant moa
One of two extinct moa in the genus Dinornis
The South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) was a type of moa. It only lived in New Zealand. It could not fly.[2]
South Island giant moa Temporal range: Late Holocene
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | †Dinornithiformes |
Family: | †Dinornithidae |
Genus: | †Dinornis |
Species: | †D. robustus
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Dinornis robustus | |
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References
change- ↑ Checklist Committee Ornithological Society of New Zealand (2010). "Checklist-of-Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands and the Ross Dependency Antarctica" (PDF). Te Papa Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ Grzimek, Bernhard (2003–2004). Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. Neil Schlager, Donna Olendorf, American Zoo and Aquarium Association (2nd ed.). Detroit: Gale. ISBN 0-7876-5362-4. OCLC 49260053.