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Ostrich |
| Struthio camelus |
| Taxonomy |
The Ostrich (Struthio camelus) was registered by Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturæ in 1758. |
The Ostrich (Struthio camelus) in the Animal Kingdom |
Classification |
Name |
Notes |
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion. |
Subkingdom |
Eumetazoa |
Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides. |
Branch |
Bilateria |
Body with two symmetrical opposing sides. |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Chordates |
Subphylum |
Vertebrata |
Vertebrates |
Superclass |
Gnathostomata |
Vertebrates with jaws. |
Class |
Aves |
Birds: Vertebrates with feathers. |
Superorder |
Paleognathae |
Ratites & Tinamous |
Order |
Struthioniformes |
Ratites: Ostriches, Rheas, Emus, Cassowaries and Kiwis. |
Family |
Struthionidae |
Ostriches |
Genus |
Struthio |
Ostriches |
Species |
Struthio camelus |
Ostrich |
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| Ostrich (Struthio camelus) |
The Subspecies of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) |
According to some authors there are still in Africa five subspecies of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus). Some authors only recognize four of them. |
In Arabia there was another subspecies, but it is estimated that between 1940 and 1970 it was extinguished. |
Subspecie |
Registered by, year of registry -
Distribution |
Struthio camelus camelus |
Linnaeus, 1758 -
Africa south of the Sahara and dry tropical regions to the south of this desert. |
Struthio camelus molybdophanes* |
Reichenow, 1883 -
Northeast Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia and north of Kenya. |
Struthio camelus massaicus |
Neumann, 1898 -
East of Africa: South of Kenya and Tanzania. |
Struthio camelus australis |
Gurney, 1868 -
Africa: southeast of the continent. |
Struthio camelus syriacus |
Rothschild, 1919 -
Arabia - ¿Extinguished? |
Struthio camelus spatzi |
Is it a subspecie?
Western Africa. |
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* (Struthio camelus molybdophanes) could be a species by itself. Please consult Zimmerman, Turner y Pearson (1996) for details. |
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| The Ostrich (Struthio camelus) |
| is the only living bird |
| with two toes on each foot. |
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