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Common Ostrich
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species of large flightless bird
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The Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus) is a species within the genus Struthio. It moves by bipedalism and is active during the day. The taxon is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List in 2025. It appears in the CITES Appendix I.
This organism is a source of ostrich eggs and ostrich meat. It has a mass of 115 and an average litter size of 7.4. The egg incubation period lasts 42 days. The species has been present since about 15 million years ago. It is referenced by 296 other encyclopedia articles.
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Least Concernダチョウ(駝鳥、Struthio camelus)は、ダチョウ目ダチョウ科ダチョウ属に分類される鳥。鳥でありながら飛ぶことは出来ず、平胸類に分類される(飛べない鳥も参照)。亜種として北アフリカダチョウ、マサイダチョウのレッドネック系、ソマリアダチョウ、南アフリカダチョウのブルーネック系、南アフリカで育種されたアフリカンブラックがある。 属名 Struthio はギリシア語でダチョウの意。 往時、ダチョウはサハラ以北にも棲息し、地中海世界にもある程度馴染みのある鳥であった。 この語はまた、英語: ostrich など、ヨーロッパ各国でダチョウを意味する語の語源でもある。 種小名 camelus は「ラクダ」の意。
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