Mappin's Moa

Mappin's moa
Conservation status
Extinct
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Superorder:	Paleognathae
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Dinornithidae
Genus:	Pachyornis
Species:	Pachyornis mappini (Archey, 1941)
Binomial name
Pachyornis mappini (Archey, 1941)[1]
Synonyms
Pachyornis geranoides Mantell's Moa

Mappin's Moa, Pachyornis mappini, is a Moa from the family Dinornithidae. This moa was found on the North Island only and like its fellow Pacyornis, its habitat was lowlands (shrublands, dunelands, grasslands, and forest).^[2] It was a ratite and a member of the Struthioniformes Order. The Struthioniformes are flightless birds with a sternum without a keel. They also have a distinctive palate. The origin of these birds is becoming clearer as it is now believed that early ancestors of these birds were able to fly and flew to the southern areas that they have been found in.^[2]

Footnotes

1. ^ Brands, S. (2008)
2. ^ ^{a b} Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)

References

• Brands, Sheila (Aug 14 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Genus Pachyornis". Project: The Taxonomicon. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/51302.htm. Retrieved Feb 04 2009. 
• Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003). "Moas". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 95–98. ISBN 0 7876 5784 0. 

External links

• Mantell's Moa. Pachyornis geranoides. by Paul Martinson. Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand, by Alan Tennyson, Te Papa Press, Wellington, 2006
• Specimen of Pachyornis mappini from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongrewa