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Figure 1- taken from: http://www.morgenwelt.de/nachrichten/010209-2.htm

Figure 2-taken from: http://www.ecuita.com

Figure 3- taken from: http://www.teachingonline.org/MoaMania.html

Figure 4- taken from: http://dhushara.tripod.com/book/diversit/extra/moaf/moa.htm

Figure 5- taken from:
http://www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/natural-history/Extinction___Survival_Gallery/Moa.html

Figure 6- taken from: http://dhushara.tripod.com/book/diversit/extra/moaf/moa.htm

Figure 7- taken from:
http://www.otagomuseum.govt.nz/natural-history/Extinction___Survival_Gallery/Moa.html

Figure 8- Made using: GLG-Plates version 2.0 © C.E.Ford 1995 Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, University of Edinburgh

Figure 9- taken from: http://bioserve.latrobe.edu.au/vcebiol/cat2/pcrpic

Figure 10- taken from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1158000/1158213.stm

Figure 11- taken from: Cooper, A et al “Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution" in Nature 409 704-707 (2001)

Figure 12- taken from: http://www.leblink.com/~sam/home/magic/thylacne.htm

Figure 13- taken from http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/pictureframe.html