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| Description | English: In Rothschild's book 'Extinct Birds' this moa has been given the scientific name Megalapteryx huttoni. This is a jr synonym of Megalapteryx didinus, the Lesser Megalapteryx or Upland Moa. It was endemic to New Zealand. It was the last moa species to become extinct, vanishing around 1500; possibly, some isolated populations managed to persist until about the early 19th century.
One-Quarter Natural Size—restored drawing from feathers and mummified remains. Plate 42 |
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| Source | Commons. Extinct birds : an attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those birds which have become extinct in historical times : that is, within the last six or seven hundred years : to which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. By Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937). (https://archive.org/details/extinctbirdsatte00roth) |
| Author | George Edward Lodge |
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- Island gigantism
- List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
- List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
- Upland moa
- User:Georges Cuvier/List of naturally mummified animals
- User:Tiantianh/sandbox
- Wikipedia:GLAM/Natural History Museum and Science Museum/NHM Galleries/Treasures/Moa bone fragment
- File talk:Megalapteryx.png
