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Sternum (Breast Bone) of the Sarus Crane Grus antigone (MCZ 346600)

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Phylogenic Position
Aves - Neognathae - Gruiformes - Gruidae - Grus - Grus antigone
Species Description
The Sarus Crane is the tallest known flying bird, standing up to 1.8m tall. It is a large, non-migratory crane with scattered populations found in India, southeast Asia and Australia; its numbers have greatly declined in the past century, with only an estimated 1/10 of the population remaining. Although the Sarus Crane is able to utilize a wide variety of habitats throughout its range, it prefers marshes, floodplains and wetlands. An omnivore, the Sarus Crane eats insects, aquatic plants, frogs, crustaceans, tubers and shoots, for which is forages in shallow water or flooded fields, occasionally probing the mud with its long beak.
Specimen Information
Species	Grus antigone (Sarus Crane)
Element	Sternum (Breast Bone)
Specimen Number	MCZ 346600
Sex
Location
Geological Age	Recent
Technical Information
Scanner	Konica Minolta Range7
Resolution	40 µm
Number of Data Points	14835
Number of Data Polygons	29676
Date Scanned	May 25, 2009
Scan Technician	Rachael Martinez
Edited By	Megan Cooper
Photographs
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