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Ostrich oil is another product that is made using ostrich fat. Ostriches are of the genus Struthio in the order Struthioniformes , part of the infra-class Palaeognathae , a diverse group of flightless birds also known as ratites that includes the emus , rheas , cassowaries , kiwis and the extinct elephant birds and moas .
The common ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird. Males stand 2.1 to 2.75 m (6 ft 11 in to 9 ft 0 in) tall and weigh 100 to 130 kg (220 to 290 lb), whereas females are about 1.75 to 1.9 m (5 ft 9 in to 6 ft 3 in) tall and weigh 90 to 120 kg (200 to 260 lb). [20]
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The North African ostrich was the most widespread subspecies of ostrich. It formerly had an extensive range but is now thought to live in fragmented pockets in Cameroon , Chad , Central African Republic and Senegal, whilst extinct in most of its range in northern Africa.
The Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus massaicus), also known as the East African ostrich is a red-necked subspecies variety of the common ostrich and is endemic to East Africa. [2] [3] It is one of the largest birds in the world, second only to its sister subspecies Struthio camelus camelus. [4] Today it is farmed for eggs, meat, and feathers. [5 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 October 2024. Subspecies of bird Arabian ostrich Arabian ostrich painting from The Book of Animals by al-Jahiz. Syria, 14th century. Conservation status Extinct (1966) (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Infraclass: Palaeognathae Order ...
A male Somali ostrich in a Kenyan savanna, showing its blueish neck. Today ostriches 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. [14]
As of January 2012, Oudtshoorn's population of more than 200,000 ostriches was the world's largest, and accounted for 80% of the world's ostrich products. [7] The ostrich industry in the Oudtshoorn region had directly employed 20,000 people, and generated R2,1 billion per year. [4] [23] [24] 50% of ostrich farmers had left the industry by 2013 ...