Apteryx Mantelli Bird
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Apteryx Mantelli Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Apteryx Mantelli Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1850) (1850), Pt18 no.218 p.275 pl.30 fig.3,4 pl.31 fig.2
Taxonomy: Apterygiformes / Apterygidae / Apteryx
Taxonomy Code: nibkiw1
Type Locality: North Island.
Author: Bartlett, AD
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
DEFINITIONS
APTERYX
(Apterygidae; Ϯ Brown Kiwi A. australis) Gr. negative prefix α- a- ; πτερυξ pterux, πτερυγος pterugos wing (cf. απτερυγος apterugos without wings); "APTERYX AUSTRALIS ... Alæ rudimenta tantum, monodactyla, subuncialia, unguiculo terminali. ... SOUTHERN APTERYX ... Wings rudiments only, consisting of a single joint or finger, about an inch in length, and terminated by a small claw or spur ... This curious bird is a native of New Zealand" (Shaw 1813); "Apteryx Shaw, Nat. Miscell., 24, 1813, pl. 1057, 1058. Type, by monotypy, Apteryx australis Shaw." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 11).
Var. Apterix, Apternyx.
Synon. Kiwi, Stictapteryx.
mantelli
Walter Baldock Durant Mantell (1820-1895) British amateur geologist, naturalist, settled in New Zealand 1840, founder and secretary of the New Zealand Institute (Apteryx, ‡Porphyrio).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
