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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tennyson AJ, Tomotani BM (2021). "A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology. 34 (2): 352–360. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1916011. hdl: 20.500.11755/f6d93ef4-368b-479e-907f-7b21bc0430e4 . S2CID 234352900.
- ↑ "Fossil of Extinct Kiwi Species Found in New Zealand". Sci News. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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