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The Asian Ostrich is also thought to be one of the origins for the [[Chinese phoenix]] |
The Asian Ostrich is also thought to be one of the origins for the [[Chinese phoenix]] |
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It probably behaved much like the [[Ostrich]] of today. |
It probably behaved much like the [[Ostrich]] of today. It is believed to have gone extinct because of climate change and early man. |
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Revision as of 12:51, 19 May 2007
| Asian Ostrich | |
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| Family: | Struthionidae Vigors, 1825
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| Genus: | Struthio Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species: | S. asiaticus
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| Struthio asiaticus | |
The Asian Ostrich was found in the Pliocene from Central Asia to China. In China, ostriches are known to have become extinct only around or even after the end of the last ice age; images of ostriches have been found there on prehistoric pottery and as petroglyphs.
The Asian Ostrich is also thought to be one of the origins for the Chinese phoenix
It probably behaved much like the Ostrich of today. It is believed to have gone extinct because of climate change and early man.