Ratite
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ratite-187-18005965
title:
Ratite
text:
A ratite is any of a group of mostly flightless birds within the infraclass Palaeognathae. They are mostly large, long-necked, and long-legged, the exception being the kiwi, which is also the only nocturnal extant ratite. The understanding of relationships within the paleognath clade has been in flux. Previously, all the flightless members had been assigned to the order Struthioniformes, which is more recently regarded as containing only the ostrich. The modern bird superorder Palaeognathae cons
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Polyphyletic group of birds
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratite
date created:
2002-12-21T13:53:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T22:06:16Z
main entity:
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image:
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13
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