Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups

["João S. Lopes Filho" <jodan99@uol.com.br>]

Larousse seems to be correct. Only in Brazil there are about 20 species of
Tinamiformes:
Tinamus solitarius
T. major
T.guttatus
Crypturellus cinereus
C. soui
C.obsoletus
C.undulatus
C.brevirostris
C.variegatus
C.erythropus
C.noctivagus
C.strigulosus
C.parvirostris
C.tataupa
C.duidae
C.casiquiarae
Rhynchotus rufescens
Nothura boraquira
N. minor
N.maculosa
Taoniscus nanus
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: NEORNITHINE PHYLOGENY etc / Gondwanan groups


>
> In a message dated 7/26/01 1:23:14 AM, qilongia@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << however,
> non-volant ratites far outnumber the three tinamous genera and
> their species, a total of five species compared to the 9 moa >>
>
> The Laruausse Encyclopedia of Animal Life says that there are fifty
species
> of tinamou. I guess they must have lied.
>
> eric l.
>