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Vorombe titan
extinct bird
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elephant birds
- In elephant bird
and Vorombe), with the species V. titan being both the largest member of the family and the largest bird that ever lived.
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flightless birds
- In flightless bird: Extinct species
The largest elephant bird species, V. titan, stood 3 metres (10 feet) high and weighed on average about 650 kg (1,433 pounds). Some estimates suggest that the largest individuals could have weighed as much as 860 kg (1,895 pounds)—making V. titan, which survived until about 2,500 years ago, the largest…
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