The South Island giant moa (Dinornis robustus) is an extinct species of moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori by the name moa nunui.[2] It was one of the tallest-known bird species to walk the Earth, exceeded in weight only by the heavier but shorter elephant bird of Madagascar (also extinct).[citation needed]
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Dinornis are considered valid, the North Islandgiantmoa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) and the SouthIslandgiantmoa (Dinornis robustus). In addition, two...
The North Islandgiantmoa (Dinornis novaezealandiae) is an extinct moa in the genus Dinornis, known in Māori as kuranui. Even though it might have walked...
Dinornis North Islandgiantmoa, Dinornis novaezealandiae (North Island, New Zealand) SouthIslandgiantmoa, Dinornis robustus (SouthIsland, New Zealand)...
(SouthIsland, New Zealand) †Dinornithidae – giantmoa †Dinornis North Islandgiantmoa, Dinornis novaezealandiae (North Island, New Zealand) South Island...
of any living bird (the extinct giant elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus) of Madagascar and the southislandgiantmoa (Dinornis robustus) of New Zealand...
lineages. SouthIslandgiantmoa (extinct) Order: Dinornithiformes Family: Emeidae The lesser moa (family Emeidae) were a family of moa. The moa were ratites...
ever was the SouthIslandgiantmoa (Dinornis robustus), part of the moa family of New Zealand that went extinct about 500 years ago. The moa stood up to...
Extinct species include the SouthIsland goose, SouthIslandgiantmoa, Haast's eagle and SouthIsland piopio. The SouthIsland has three universities, and...
The upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand. It is a ratite, a grouping of flightless birds with...
with Native Island. Fossils of SouthIslandgiantmoa have been found on Native Island. Rhytida australis snails are common, and Native Island also has Tuatara...
Distribution North Islandgiantmoa Dinornis novaezealdniae EX lived in the lowlands of New Zealand's North and SouthIslandsSouthIslandgiantmoa Dinornis robustus...
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 43.4 (2013): 250-255. "SouthIslandgiantmoa | New Zealand Birds Online". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 17...
gigantism, exemplified by the moa, cassowary and Komodo dragon. Although the giant tortoises of the Galápagos Islands and the Seychelles (the Galápagos...
) SouthIslandgiantmoa, Dinornis robustus (SouthIsland, New Zealand, late 15th century?) Broad-billed moa, Euryapteryx curtus (North and South Island...
Restoration of a broad-billed moa, possibly the last moa species to become extinct Restoration of Hoplodactylus delcourti, a giant gecko of uncertain origin...
from the Canary Islands." Quaternary Research 70.2 (2008): 141-148. Wood, J. R., and J. M. Wilmshurst. "Age of North Islandgiantmoa (Dinornis novaezealandiae)...
North and SouthIsland. Restoration of Dinornis giganteus and Pachyornis elephantopus, both from SouthIsland Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003). "Moas". In Hutchins...
cats, rats, pigs), many giant as well as other island endemics have become extinct (e.g. the dodo and Rodrigues solitaire, giant flightless pigeons related...