Asian Ostrich

Asian Ostrich Temporal range: early Pliocene–Pleistocene PreЄ Є Є O O S S D D C C P P T T J J K K Pg Pg N N Early Pliocene to Pleistocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Struthioniformes
Family:	Struthionidae
Genus:	Struthio
Species:	S. asiaticus
Binomial name
Struthio asiaticus Milne-Edwards, 1871

The Asian Ostrich, Struthio asiaticus, was an ostrich found in the Pliocene from Central Asia to China.

In China, ostriches are known to have become extinct only around or even after the end of the last ice age; images of ostriches have been found there on prehistoric pottery and as petroglyphs indicating that they were around at the same time as humans first reached China.

References

Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1899). A Handlist of the Genera and Species of Birds. Vol. I. Red Lion Court Fleet Street, London UK: Taylor and Francis. p. 2. Retrieved 02/01/2010. 

See also

Late Quaternary prehistoric birds

Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Struthioniformes/idae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each ostrich, including made-up species.