Moa-nalo
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The moa-nalo are a group of extinct aberrant, goose-like ducks that lived on the larger Hawaiian Islands, except Hawaiʻi itself, in the Pacific. They were the major herbivores on most of these islands
Chelychelynechen quassus
Reconstruction of Thambetochen xanion
Rostrum and sternum of Thambetochen xanion
A sapling of Cyanea platyphylla, showing the prickles that probably evolved as a defense against feeding by moa-nalo.
Moa
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Moa are an extinct group of flightless birds formerly endemic to New Zealand. During the Late Pleistocene-Holocene, there were nine species, in six genera. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus a
Moa-nalo
…Late Quaternary prehistoric birds Moa, enormous extinct flightless ratites, formerly the largest herbivores in New Zealand James, Helen F. & Burney, David A. (1997): The diet and ecology…
Dinornis maximus, Natural History Museum
Neck tissue of Emeus crassus
Holotype head and neck of Megalapteryx
Soft tissue attached of several moa