Eastern moa
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The eastern moa is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand. It is the only species in the genus Emeus.
Emeus crassus 5435
Skeleton in the Copenhagen Zoological Museum
Neck and leg bones with soft tissue
Struthio camelus Etosha 2014 white background
Dinornis
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Dinornis, also known as the giant moa, is an extinct genus of birds belonging to the moa family. As with other moa, it is a member of the order Dinornithiformes. It was endemic to New Zealand. Two spe
Eastern moa
…is the only species in the genus Emeus. When the first specimens were originally described by Richard Owen in 1846, they were placed within the genus Dinornis as three different species. These remains would later be split off into their own genus, Emeus. The other two species, E. casuarinus and E. huttonii…
Dinornis maximus, Natural History Museum
D. robustus skeleton
D. struthoides skeleton, now known to be a male D. novaezealandiae, not a distinct species