Apterygidae

Apteryx australis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apterygiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Euavialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Cladus: Carinatae Parvclassis: Neornithes Cohors: Palaeognathae Ordo: Apterygiformes

Familia: Apterygidae
Genera (1 + 1†): Apteryx – †Proapteryx

Name

Apterygidae Gray, 1840

References

• Worthy, T.H. et al. 2013: Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves. Pp. 63-80 in: Göhlich, U.B. & Kroh, A. (eds.), Paleornithological Research 2013: Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Vienna, 2012. Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Vienna, 2013. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kiwis
Esperanto: Apterigedoj
日本語: キーウィ科
lietuvių: Kiviniai
Nederlands: Kiwi
svenska: Kivier
ไทย: นกกีวี

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