The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- EMEUS
‡ (Emeiidae; † Eastern Moa E. crassus) Old Portuguese name Ema for the Common Crane Grus, later given to the Ostrich and other ostrich-like birds; "Genera et Species typicae. ... 2. x Emeus (Emeu BARR.) crassus (Dinornis — Owen ib. pl. 42 et 48) R." (Reichenbach 1853); "Emeus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. XXX. Type, by original designation, Dinornis crassus Owen, 1846." (JAJ 2020) (see Cela).
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