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PACHYORNIS PYGMAEUS(HUTT.)
- Euryapteryx pygmaeus Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXIV, p. 739 (1892).
As implied by its name, this is the smallest species of Pachyornis, the tarso-metatarsus only measuring 6 inches in length. The type came from Takaka.
Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.
PACHYORNIS COMPACTA(HUTT.)
- Euryapteryx compacta Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. XXV, p. 11 (1893).
Approaches nearest to pygmaeus in size, but can be at once distinguished by the distal extremity of the tibio-tarsus not being expanded inwards. The tarso-metatarsus has the trochleae considerably more expanded than in pygmaeus.
Type from Enfield in New Zealand.
Habitat: Middle Island, New Zealand.