Eastern moa
The eastern moa (Emeus crassus) was a type of moa. It only lived in New Zealand. It could not fly.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Emeus |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/EmeusE. crassus
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| Emeus crassus | |
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Description
The Eastern moa was 1.5 to 1.8 metres (4.9–5.9 ft) tall. It could not fly. It had hair-like feathers. It had a long neck and large, powerful legs. It had wide feet.[3]
Distribution and Habitat
The Eastern moa only lived on the South Island. It lived in the forests, grasslands, dunelands, and shrublands). Humans hunted it into extinction. Like almost all moa, it was gone by the year 1500.[3]
Eastern Moa Media
Skeleton in the Copenhagen Zoological Museum
Neck and leg bones with soft tissue
References
- ↑ Brands, S. (2008)
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Grzimek, Bernhard (2003–2004). Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. Neil Schlager, Donna Olendorf, American Zoo and Aquarium Association (2nd ed.). Detroit: Gale. ISBN 0-7876-5362-4. OCLC 49260053.