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- proper noun A taxonomic
species within thegenus Rhea — the greater rhea or American rhea.
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Due to the extensive land use for cattle ranching in the ecoregion, there are various endangered animals including birds such as Rhea americana; mammals: Aotus azarae, Hydrochaerys hydrochaeris, Panthera onca, Blastocerus dichotomus, Ozotoceros bezoarticus, and Chrysocyon brachyurus; and reptiles: Acantochelys spixii and Eunecte notaeus.
Humid Chaco 2008
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The ligament system in the neck of Rhea americana and its implications for the bifurcated neural spines of sauropod dinosaurs.
Life's Time Capsule: Discussion Topic: Sauropod Necks... Slender or Thick? Weapon of Mass Imagination 2009
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Bird surveys have recorded 306 species, including black-hawk eagle Spizaetus tyrannus, ocellated crake Micropygia schomburgii, greater rhea Rhea americana, Brazilian merganser Mergus octocetaceus (CR) and dwarf tinamu Taoniscus nanus (VU).
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Greater Rhea (Rhea americana), Campus de Tuyei, Argentina.
Humid Pampas 2007
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