Rheidae

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**Rheidae** is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus *Rhea*, but also contains several extinct genera.

## Taxonomy[edit]

**Order Rheiformes** (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884]

* **Family** †**Opisthodactylidae** Ameghino, 1895
	+ **Genus** ?†***Diogenornis*** de Alvarenga, 1983
		- †*Diogenornis fragilis* de Alvarenga, 1983 (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.
	+ **Genus** †***Opisthodactylus*** Ameghino, 1895 (Miocene) – rheid?
		- †*O. patagonicus* Ameghino, 1895
		- †*O. horacioperezi* Agnolin & Chafrat, 2015
* **Family Rheidae** (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853 [Rheinae Bonaparte, 1849]
	+ **Genus** †***Heterorhea*** Rovereto, 1914
		- †*Heterorhea dabbenei* Rovereto, 1914 (Pliocene)
	+ **Genus** †***Hinasuri*** Tambussi, 1995
		- †*Hinasuri nehuensis* Tambussi, 1995
	+ **Genus *Rhea*** Brisson, 1760 [*Rhea* Moehring, 1758 *nomen dubium*; *Pterocnemia* Gray, 1870; *Toujou* Lacépède, 1801; *Tujus* Rafinesque, 1815]
		- †*R. anchorenense* (Ameghino & Rusconi, 1932) [*Rhea americana anchorenense* Ameghino & Rusconi, 1932]
		- †*R. fossilis* Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 [*Pterocnemia fossilis* (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891); *Rhea pampeana* Moreno & Mercerat, 1891]
		- †*R. mesopotamica* (Agnolín & Noriega, 2012) [*Pterocnemia mesopotamica* Agnolín & Noriega, 2012]
		- †*R. subpampeana* Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
		- *R. americana* (Linnaeus, 1758) [*Struthio americanus* Linnaeus, 1758; *Struthio camelus americanus* (Linnaeus, 1758); *Rhea albescens* Lynch & Holmberg, 1878; *Rhea rothschildi* Brabourne & Chubb, 1911; *Struthio rhea* Linnaeus, 1766; *Rhea nandua* Temminck, 1823; *Rhea nandu* Lesson, 1828; *Rhea macrorhyncha* Sclater, 1860] (Greater Rhea)
			* *R. a. albescens* Lynch & Holmberg, 1878 [*Rhea albescens* Lynch & Holmberg, 1878; *Rhea americana rothschildi* (Brabourne & Chubb, 1919); *Rhea rothschildi* Brabourne & Chubb, 1919] (Argentine rhea)
			* *R. a. americana* (Linnaeus, 1758) [*Struthio camelus americanus* (Linnaeus, 1758); *Struthio rhea*; *Rhea nandua* Temminck, 1823; *Rhea nandu* Lesson, 1828; *Rhea americana macrorhyncha* Sclater, 1860; *Rhea macrorhyncha* Sclater, 1860] (American rhea)
			* *R. a. araneipes* Brodkorb, 1938
			* *R. a. intermedia* Rothschild & Chubb, 1914 (intermediate rhea)
			* *R. a. nobilis* Brodkorb, 1939
		- *R. pennata* d'Orbigny, 1834 [*Rhea darwinii* Gould, 1837; *Pterocnemia pennata* (d'Orbigny, 1834); *Pterocnemia darwinii* (Gould, 1837); *Rhea nana* Lyddekker, 1894; *Struthio darwinii* (Gould, 1837); *Pterocnemia tarapacensis* Chubb, 1913] (Lesser Rhea)
			* *R. p. pennata* d'Orbigny, 1834 [*Pterocnemia pennata pennata* (d'Orbigny, 1834); *Rhea americana darwinii* (Gould, 1837); *Pterocnemis darwinii* (Gould, 1837); *Pterocnemia darwinii* (Gould, 1837); *Struthio darwinii* (Gould, 1837)] (Darwin's lesser Rhea)
			* *R. p. garleppi* (Chubb, 1913) [*Pterocnemia tarapacensis garleppi* Chubb, 1913; *Pterocnemia pennata garleppi* (Chubb, 1913); *Rhea tarapacensis garleppi* (Chubb, 1913)] (Garlepp's rhea)
			* *R. p. tarapacensis* (Chubb, 1913) [*Pterocnemia tarapacensis* Chubb, 1913; *Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis* (Chubb, 1913); *Rhea tarapacensis tarapacensis* (Chubb, 1913); *Pterocnemia tarapacensis tarapacensis* Chubb, 1913] (Tarapacá/Puna Rhea)