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Preferred term

Rheiformes  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An order of large, long-necked, long-legged, flightless birds, found in South America. Known as rheas, they are sometimes called American ostriches, though they are in a separate order from true OSTRICHES. Genus in the family Rheidae, order RHEIFORMES, comprised of a single species, Rhea americana.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ostriches, American
  • Rheas
  • txid8792
  • txid8796
  • txid8797

In other languages

  • French

  • Autruches d'Amérique
  • Nandous
  • txid8792
  • txid8796
  • txid8797

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-P8VZRQ15-H

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