Mantell's moa

Mantell's moa Temporal range: Pleistocene- Late Holocene
from the collection of Auckland Museum
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 geranoidesOwen, 1848 non Euryapteryx geranoidesChecklist Committee 1990 Dinornis geranoides(Owen 1848) Owen 1866 Anomalopteryx geranoides(Owen 1848) Lydekker, 1891 Cela geranoides(Owen 1848) Hutton 1891 Dinornis curtusOwen 1871 non Owen 1846 Anomalopteryx curta(Owen 1871) Lydekker 1891 Pachyornis pygmaeusHutton 1895 non Euryapteryx pygmaeusHutton 1891 Dinornis expunctusArchey, 1927 Pachyornis septentrionalis(Oliver 1949) Brodkorb 1963 Pachyornis mappiniArchey, 1941

Mantell's moa (Pachyornis geranoides) also known as Mappin's moa or moa ruarangi, ^[3] is an extinct species of moa from the North Island of New Zealand. ^[4] It inhabited lowland environments like shrublands, grasslands, dunelands, and forests. ^[5] Moa are an extinct group of ratites, flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate.

Its name is in honour of New Zealand naturalist and politician Walter Mantell.^{[ citation needed ]}

Description

Mantell's moa had a length of 54 cm (21 in), and weighed between 17 to 36 kg (37 to 79 lb).^{[ citation needed ]}

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. Tennyson, Alan J. D. (2006). Extinct birds of New Zealand. Paul Martinson. Wellington, N.Z.: Te Papa Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-0-909010-21-8. OCLC   80016906.
5. 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.