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Mantell's moa

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Mantell's moa
Temporal range: Pleistocene- Late Holocene
Pachyornis geranoides (AM LB5991) (cropped).jpg
from the collection of Auckland Museum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: †Dinornithiformes
Family: †Emeidae
Genus: †Pachyornis
Species:
†P. geranoides
Binomial name
†Pachyornis geranoides
(Owen, 1848)[1][2]
Synonyms
List
  • Palapteryx geranoides Owen, 1848 non Euryapteryx geranoides Checklist Committee 1990
  • Dinornis geranoides (Owen 1848) Owen 1866
  • Anomalopteryx geranoides (Owen 1848) Lydekker, 1891
  • Cela geranoides (Owen 1848) Hutton 1891
  • Dinornis curtus Owen 1871 non Owen 1846
  • Anomalopteryx curta (Owen 1871) Lydekker 1891
  • Pachyornis pygmaeus Hutton 1895 non Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton 1891
  • Dinornis expunctus Archey, 1927
  • Pachyornis septentrionalis (Oliver 1949) Brodkorb 1963
  • Pachyornis mappini Archey, 1941

Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) also known as Mappin's moa[3] is an extinct species of New Zealand birds of the family Moa. It was endemic to the North Island. Its habitat was the lowlands (shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, and forests).[4] It was a ratite and a member of the Struthioniform Order. The Struthioniformes are flightless birds, whose sternum lacks a keel and whose palate is distinctive. The origin of the Mantell's Moa is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas where their remains have been recovered.[4]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Brands, S. (2008)
  2. ^ 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. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Mantell's moa | New Zealand Birds Online".
  4. ^ a b Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)

References[]

  • Brands, Sheila (Aug 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Euryapteryx". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved Feb 4, 2009.
  • Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Moas". In Hutchins, Michael (ed.). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
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