Arabian ostrich
| Arabian ostrich | |
|---|---|
| Arabian ostrich painting from The Book of Animals by al-Jahiz. Syria, 14th century. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Struthioniformes |
| Family: | Struthionidae |
| Genus: | Struthio |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †S. c. syriacus |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Struthio camelus syriacus Rothschild, 1919 | |
The Arabian ostrich (Struthio camelus syriacus), Syrian ostrich, or Middle Eastern ostrich is an extinct subspecies of the ostrich that lived on the Arabian Peninsula and in the Near East until the mid-20th century.
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