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Ratites. Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene 56–0 ... Order: Struthioniformes Latham, 1790 [1] This is a list of ratites. Codes used in Status columns in tables below
The African ostrich is the largest living ratite. A large member of this species can be nearly 2.8 metres (9 ft 2 in) tall, weigh as much as 156 kilograms (344 lb), [18] and can outrun a horse.
Ratites are a category of (mostly) large flightless birds of the order Struthioniformes. Subcategories. This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 ...
It is in the infraclass Paleognathae, which contains all ratites. Extant members are found in South America. While the IOC World Bird List and the Clements Checklist categorise Rheiformes as its own order, [3] [4] the BirdLife Data Zone includes rheas, along with ostriches, tinamous, cassowaries, emu, and kiwis, in the order Struthioniformes. [5]
All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. [3] The grey tinamou has several subspecies: T. t. larensis with a range in the montane forests of central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. [4]
Catholic order liturgical rites. Benedictine Rite; Carmelite Rite (only by some communities or members of the order) Carthusian Rite (a Western rite of the Gallican family) Cistercian Rite; Dominican Rite (only by some communities or members of the order) Premonstratensian (Norbertine) Rite; Rites in a broad sense (not distinct from the Roman ...
Coptic cross. The Coptic Rite is an Alexandrian liturgical rite.It is practiced in the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church. [1]The term Coptic derives from Arabic qubṭ / qibṭ قبط, a corruption of Greek Aígyptos (Ancient Greek: Αἴγυπτος, “Egyptian”).
Latin liturgical rites, or Western liturgical rites, is a large family of liturgical rites and uses of public worship employed by the Latin Church, the largest particular church sui iuris of the Catholic Church, that originated in Europe where the Latin language once dominated. Its language is now known as Ecclesiastical Latin.