Ostrich Brain Replica

$26.00

Ostriches are the world’s largest birds. They are primarily vegetarian, occasionally feeding on locusts and remains left behind by predators. Ostriches are territorial and males may fight to defend harems of 3 to 5 hens.

Description

Ostrich Brain Replica measures 2.3×1.8×3 inches. Ostrich brain replica is cast in polyurethane resins, museum quality and made in the USA. Struthio camelus is the scientific name. Our precise brain can be used as a teaching tool, museum brain exhibit, home décor brain, or office décor brain.

Common Ostrich or Struthio camelus are a family, Struthionidae, of flightless birds. The two extant species of ostrich are the common ostrich and Somali ostrich, both in the genus Struthio, which also contains several species known from Holocene fossils such as the Asian ostrich.

The common ostrich is the more widespread of the two living species, and is the largest living bird species. Other ostriches are also among the largest bird species ever.

Common Ostrich or Struthio camelus first appeared during the Miocene epoch, though various Paleocene, Eocene, and Oligocene fossils may also belong to the family. Ostriches are classified in the ratite group of birds, all extant species of which are flightless, including the kiwis, emus, and rheas.

Traditionally, the order Struthioniformes contained all the ratites. However, recent genetic analysis has found that the group is not monophyletic, as it is paraphyletic with respect to the tinamous, so the ostriches or Struthio camelus are classified as the only members of the order.

Today Common Ostrich or Struthio camelus are only found natively in the wild in Africa, where they occur in a range of open arid and semi-arid habitats such as savannas and the Sahel, both north and south of the equatorial forest zone. The Somali ostrich occurs in the Horn of Africa, having evolved isolated from the common ostrich by the geographic barrier of the East African Rift.

In some areas, the common ostriches Masai subspecies occurs alongside the Somali ostrich, but they are kept from interbreeding by behavioral and ecological differences.

The Arabian ostriches in Asia Minor and Arabia were hunted to extinction by the middle of the 20th century, and in Israel attempts to introduce North African ostriches to fill their ecological role have failed. Escaped common ostriches in Australia have established feral populations.

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Additional information

Weight 3 lbs
Dimensions 2.3 × 1.8 × 1.3 in
Ostrich Facts

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Struthioniformes
Family: Struthionidae
Type species:
Struthio camelus