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Encyclopedia > Emeus
?Eastern Moa
Conservation status: Prehistoric
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Paleognathae
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Dinornithidae
Genus: Emeus
Reichenbach, 1852
Species: E. crassus
Binomial name
Emeus crassus
(Owen, 1846)
Synonyms

Dinornis crassus Owen, 1846
Dinornis casuarinus Owen, 1846
Dinornis huttonii Owen, 1846 (male)
Emeus casuarinus Oliver, 1930
Emeus huttonii Oliver, 1930 (male)
The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Families Struthionidae Casuariidae Dinornithidae Apterygidae Rheidae A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanian origin, most of them now extinct. ... Genera Anomalopteryx (bush moa) Euryapteryx Megalapteryx (upland moa) Dinornis (giant moa) Emeus Pachyornis Moa were giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. ... Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 - March 17, 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... Sir Richard Owen and Dinornis bird skeleton Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ... Sir Richard Owen and Dinornis bird skeleton Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Richard Owen and Dinornis bird skeleton Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Richard Owen and Dinornis bird skeleton Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 - December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957) was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957) was an Australian-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, and museum curator. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

The Eastern Moa, Emeus crassus, is an extinct species of ratite bird belonging to the moa family. It is nowadays recognized as the only species of the genus Emeus. In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of taxa. ... Families Struthionidae Casuariidae Dinornithidae Apterygidae Rheidae A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanian origin, most of them now extinct. ... Genera Anomalopteryx (bush moa) Euryapteryx Megalapteryx (upland moa) Dinornis (giant moa) Emeus Pachyornis Moa were giant flightless birds native to New Zealand. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...


Emeus was of average size, standing 150 cm (5 ft) tall. Like other moa, it had vestigal wings, hair-like feathers (beige in this case), a long neck and large, powerful legs. Its feet were exceptionally wide compared to other moas, making it a very slow creature. Because of this, human colonists hunted Emeus into extinction with relative ease. Like almost all moa, it was gone by the year 1500. A vestigial organ is an organ whose original function has been lost during evolution. ... A Laughing Gull on the beach in Atlantic City. ... Young Girl Fixing her Hair, by Sophie Gengembre Anderson Hair is a filamentous outgrowth from the skin, found mainly in mammals. ... Closeup on a single white feather A feather is one of the epidermal growths that forms the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on a bird. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin for wise man or knowing man) under the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


It has been long suspected that the "species" described as Emeus huttonii and E. crassus were males and females, respectively, of a single species. This has been confirmed by analysis for sex-specific genetic markers of DNA extracted from bone material; the females of E. crassus were 15-25% larger than males (Huynen et al., 2003). This phenomenon — reverse size dimorphism — is not uncommon amongst ratites, being also very pronounced in kiwis. Species A kiwi is any of the species of small flightless birds endemic to New Zealand of the genus Apteryx (the only genus in family Apterygidae). ...


References

  • Huynen, Leon J.; Millar, Craig D.; Scofield, R. P. & Lambert, David M. (2003): Nuclear DNA sequences detect species limits in ancient moa. Nature 425(6954): 175-178. DOI:10.1038/nature01838 HTML abstract Supplementary information
  • Owen, Richard (1846): [Description of Dinornis crassus]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1846: 46.
  • Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig (1852): Avium systema naturale, plate XXX.

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The Eastern Moa, Emeus crassus, is an extinct species of ratite bird belonging to the moa family.
Emeus was of average size, standing 150 cm (5 ft) tall.
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