Little bush moa

Scientific name: Anomalopteryx didiformis

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0557

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Structure

Form and structure

The bush moa was the size of a turkey and lightly built, with a rounded head, a short rounded beak and relatively slender legs.

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1Little bush moa | Moariki | New Zealand Birds OnlineSRC-DSC-ED494A064B

How it functions

A draft genome of the bush moa recovered from ancient DNA points to a set of opsins sensitive to ultraviolet light, and suggests that its winglessness is not due to gene loss.

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1Little bush moa | Moariki | New Zealand Birds OnlineSRC-DSC-ED494A064B
2GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Anomalopteryx didiformisSRC-DSC-9F40998CB0
3A nuclear genome assembly of an extinct flightless bird, the little bush moa (Science Advances 2024)SRC-DSC-7D09E682EC

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