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Moa

Moa (order Dinornithiformes) 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 and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached about 3.6 metres (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kilograms (510…

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related to Taxonomy · 34
Moa → Anomalapteryginae Archey, Anomalopterygidae Oliver, Anomalopteryx, Bonaparte, Crested, Dinornis, Dinornithes Gadow, Dinornithiformes, Dinornithnideae Stejneger, Emeinae Bonaparte, Emeus, Euryapteryx, Family Dinornithidae Owen, Family Emeidae, Family MegalapterygidaeGenus MegalapteryxUpland, Gadow, Genus AnomalopteryxBush, Genus DinornisNorth Island, Genus EmeusEastern, Genus EuryapteryxBroad-billed
related to Feathers and soft tissues · 32
Moa → Alexandra, An, Anomalopteryx, Cambridge University, Central Otago, Cromwell, Dinornis, Dried, Earnscleugh Cave, Emeus, Hector Range, Knobby Range, London, Manuherikia River Valley, Megalapteryx, Most, Mount Owen, Natural History Museum, Nelson, New Zealand
related to history · 23
Moa → Dieffenbach, East Coast, Harris, He, Hunterian Museum, In, Joel Polack, John, John Rule, London, Movie, Mt Hikurangi, Māori, Natives, North Island, Polack, Poverty Bay, Richard Owen, Royal College, South Island
related to Discovery · 19
Moa → Alice McKenzie, An, Before, By, Fiordland, Haast's, Impey, In, Lieutenant, Mackenzie, Nelson Examiner, New Zealand, Otago Witness, Polynesians, Recent, Riwaka, She, South Island, Tākaka
related to Phylogeny · 19
Moa → Baker, Because, Bunce, Many, Megalapteryx, Miocene, Miocene-aged, Mya, Myr, New Zealand, North Island, Oligocene, Quaternary, Saint Bathans, South, South Island, The, The Oligocene Drowning Maximum, This
related to Behaviour and ecology · 17
Moa → About, Analysis, Canterbury, In, Kaipara Harbour, Kyeburn, Lake Taupō, Manawatū River, Marton, Napier, North Island, Otago, Palmerston North, Pareora, Rangitīkei River, South Island, Waikanae Creek
related to Reproduction · 13
Moa → Dinornis, DNA, Emeus, Euryapteryx, For, However, New Zealand's North Island, North Island, Pachyornis, South Island, The, Therefore, This
related to Etymology · 12
Moa → Colenso, European, In, January, Māori, Nevertheless, Polynesian, The, The North Island, Urupeni Pūhara, William Colenso, William Williams
related to Evolutionary relationships · 12
Moa → Allen's, Although, Australian, Bergmann's, Currently, Dinornis, DNA, Euryapteryx, One, Previously, South American, The
related to North Island · 12
Moa → Anomalopteryx, Cook Strait, Dinornis, Euryapteryx, Ice Age, In, North Island, Pachyornis, Significantly, South Island, The, The South Island

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species island new birds zealand south found north dinornis bones years also extinct several bird otago museum two māori euryapteryx

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Moais aPolynesian term for domestic fowl0.90text
on Kaikōurainstance ofbut were present at least in several locations0.80text
Otago Peninsulainstance ofbut were present at least in several locations0.80text
and Karitaneinstance ofbut were present at least in several locations0.80text
antelopeinstance ofand twigs up to at least 8 mm in diameter.Moa filled the ecological niche occupied in other countries by large browsing mammals0.80text
llamasinstance ofand twigs up to at least 8 mm in diameter.Moa filled the ecological niche occupied in other countries by large browsing mammals0.80text
Pennantia corymbosainstance ofDivaricating plants0.80text
Moarelated to Behaviour and ecologyAbout0.60section
Moarelated to Behaviour and ecologyNorth Island0.60section
Moarelated to Behaviour and ecologyWaikanae Creek0.60section
Moarelated to Behaviour and ecologyNapier0.60section
Moarelated to Behaviour and ecologyManawatū River0.60section

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