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Descriptor English: Rheiformes
Descriptor Spanish: Reiformes
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): American Ostrich
American Ostriches
American Ostrichs
Ostrich, American
Ostriches, American
Ostrichs, American
Rhea
Rhea americana
Rheas
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 abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Birds (1971-1998)
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see RHEAS 1999-2004
History Note: 2005 (1999)
DeCS ID: 33708
Unique ID: D020311
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/11
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Rheiformes - Preferred
Concept UI M0029961
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.
Preferred term Rheiformes
Entry term(s) American Ostriches
Ostriches, American
Rheas
Rhea - Narrower
Concept UI M0452702
Scope note Genus in the family Rheidae, order RHEIFORMES, comprised of a single species, Rhea americana.
Preferred term Rhea
Ostrich, American - Narrower
Concept UI M0452701
Preferred term Ostrich, American
Entry term(s) American Ostrich
American Ostrichs
Ostrichs, American
Rhea americana



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