Name - Aepyornis hildebrandti

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:3201759 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Aepyornis hildebrandti Burckhardt 1893

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Recent Publications

• Ancient DNA reveals elephant birds and kiwi are sister taxa and clarifies ratite bird evolution.
• Nocturnal giants: evolution of the sensory ecology in elephant birds and other palaeognaths inferred from digital brain reconstructions.
• Bone histology yields insights into the biology of the extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) from Madagascar.
• Simultaneous extinction of Madagascar's megaherbivores correlates with late Holocene human-caused landscape transformation.
• Dietary isotopes of Madagascar's extinct megafauna reveal holocene browsing and grazing guilds.

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