Rheas are ratites. Ratite is Latin for
"raft," because these birds have a flat (raft-like) breastbone They
are Ostrich-like birds with very small tails and no after shaft on the feathers
and attain the length of 90-130 cm.
Research Links
Bird
Collection Holdings - Order RHEIFORMES
BIRD COLLECTION HOLDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES
COUNTY ORDER RHEIFORMES. (Broken down to Country and State). ...
Animal
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Birds
... Order Rheiformes (rheas) Lower Eocene to present; South America.
Ostrich-like cursorial
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... Order Rheiformes (rheas) Lower Eocene to present; South America.
Ostrich-like cursorial
birds with very small tails and no aftershaft on the feathers. Sexes ...
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Amounts for Destroyed Animals Regulations, 1992, [SOR/ ...
... (f) an animal of the order Rheiformes;. (g) an animal of the family
Felidae, except an animal of the species Felis silvestris;. ...
Rhea Bibliography
... to be infected by C. pneumoniae. rheas/ chlamydiosis/ ostriches 37. . Order
Rheiformes
Griner, LA. Pathology of Zoo Animals. [San Diego]: Zoological Society of ...
Rheiformes on
Postage Stamps
... south of the range of the greater rhea. Scientific classification: Rheas
make up
the order Rheiformes. They are sometimes placed in the order Struthioniformes
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BIRDNET:
Rheiformes
... Rheiformes. Rheas. Distribution of Order: Neotropics 1 Genus 2 species
Species
list with links to available species accounts. Additional information on ...
RHEA, in zoology. The
Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. ...
... (r ) (KEY), common name for a South American bird of the order Rheiformes,
which
superficially resembles the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20 25 kg) and
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rhea, in zoology
... rhea , common name for a South American bird of the order Rheiformes, which
superficially
resembles the ostrich. Weighing from 44 to 55 lb (20 25 kg) and ...
Kenyalogy:
Fauna: Taxonomy of birds
... FAMILY Casuariidae: cassowaries. FAMILY Dromaiidae: emu.
ORDER Rheiformes: rheas. 1 family and 2 species. ...
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... Family Struthionidae: Order Rheiformes: named for Rhea, the daughter of
Uranus, wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; forma (L) shape, sort. ...
A Partial
Classification of Animals
... Class Aves - birds Order Struthioniformes - ostriches [Africa, Arabia] Order
Rheiformes
- rheas [South America] Order Casuariiformes - cassowaries, emus ...
