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Revision as of 00:55, 11 May 2022
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| Lesser moa Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
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| Skeleton of the eastern moa (Emeus crassus) in Musee des Confluences, Lyon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | †Dinornithiformes |
| Family: | †Emeidae Bonaparte 1854 |
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| Emeus crassus Owen, 1846
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Anomalopteryx didiformis Bush moa | |
The lesser moa (family Emeidae) were a family of moa.
Species
- Genus Anomalopteryx
- Bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis (North and South Island, New Zealand)
- Genus Emeus
- Eastern moa, Emeus crassus (South Island, New Zealand)
- Genus Euryapteryx
- Broad-billed moa, Euryapteryx curtus (North and South Island, New Zealand)
- Genus Pachyornis
- Heavy-footed moa, Pachyornis elephantopus (South Island, New Zealand)
- Mantell's moa, Pachyornis geranoides (North Island, New Zealand)
- Crested moa, Pachyornis australis (South Island, New Zealand)
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