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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