Eastern moa

Eastern moa; Temporal range: Pleistocene-Holocene
	Skeleton in Musee des Confluences, Lyon
Conservation status
	; Extinct (1400s) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	†Dinornithiformes
Family:	†Emeidae
Genus:	†Emeus; Reichenbach, 1852
Species:	†E. crassus
Binomial name
	†Emeus crassus; (Owen, 1846) Reichenbach 1853 non Parker 1895
Synonyms
	List Dinornis crassus Owen, 1846 ; Syornis crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1891 ; Euryapteryx crassus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896 non Benham 1910 ; Dinornis casuarinus Owen, 1846 ; Dinornis huttonii Owen, 1846 (male) ; Emeus huttonii (Owen 1879) Oliver, 1930 ; Megalapteryx huttoni (Owen 1879) Rothschild 1907 ; Dinornis major (Hutton, 1875) ; Dinornis rheides (Owen, 1851) ; Cela rheides (Owen 1850) Rothschild 1907 ; Dinornis casuarinus Oliver 1846 ; Emeus casuarinus (Oliver, 1930) ; Syornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) bach 1850 ; Anomalopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Lydekker 1891 ; Mesopteryx casuarina (Owen 1846) Parker 1895 ; Meionornis casuarinus (Owen 1846) Hutton 1896 ; Cela casuarinus (Owen 1846) Rothschild 1907 ; Mesopteryx didina Hutton 1893 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883 ; Meionornis didinus (Hutton 1893) Hutton 1896 non Dinornis didinus Owen 1883 ; Meionornis Haast, 1874 ; Mesopteryx Hutton, 1891 ; Syornis Reichenbach, 1850 ;

The eastern moa (Emeus crassus) is an extinct species of moa that was endemic to New Zealand.

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