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Grus sp. nov. 'Ryukus'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Miyako, Ryukyus

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Matsuoka, H. (2000). The Late Pleistocene fossil birds of the central and southern Ryukyu Islands, and their zoogeographical implications for the recent avifauna of the Archipelago. Tropics 10: 165-188.

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2009). Holocene avian extinctions, pp. 63-106. In: Turvey, Samuel T. (ed.). Holocene Extinctions. Oxford, UK & New York, USA: Oxford University Press. xii + 352 pp.

 

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