DeCS

Descriptor English:

Rheiformes

Descriptor Spanish:

Reiformes

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Rheiformes
Entry term(s)	Pterocnemia pennata Rhea Rhea americana Rhea pennata avestruces americanas avestruces americanos avestruz americana avestruz americano choique reiformes uris ñandú ñandú andino ñandú cordillerano ñandú de Darwin ñandú de las alturas ñandú del norte ñandú petiso ñandúes
Scope note:	Miembros del orden Rheiformes, un orden suramericano de grandes aves no voladoras, de cuello largo, patas largas, conocidas en ocasiones como avestruces americanos, aunque forman parte de un orden distinto al de los AVESTRUCES verdaderos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Reiformes

Descriptor French:

Rheiformes

Entry term(s):

Autruches d'Amérique
Nandou d'Amérique
Nandous
Rhea
Rhea americana

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.248.600.750

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020311

Scope note:

An order of large, long-necked, long-legged, flightless birds, found in South America. Known as rheas, they are sometimes called American ostriches, though they are in a separate order from true OSTRICHES.

Annotation:

note entry term OSTRICH, AMERICAN: OSTRICHES see STRUTHIONIFORMES is available

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

33708

Unique ID:

D020311

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1999/01/01

Date of Entry:

1998/06/11

Revision Date:

2009/07/06