ShUTURMURG

ShUTURMURG (Strutbioniformes), yak nav murgest, ki qobilyati parvoz nadorad. Poyash du angusht dorad. Badani Sh. bo parho yak khel pushida shudaast. Sh. 1 namud (Sh.-i afriqoi — Struthio camelus) dorad. Kalontarin murgi muosir; qadash to 2,44 m, vaznash to 136 kg. Nulash pahn ast. Sh.-i narina siyoh (parhoi dumu qanotash safed) va Sh.-i modina burrang meshavad. Dar Afrika (gayri qismi shimoli) pahn shudaast, to s. 1941 dar Suriya va Arabiston niz vomekhurd. Boqiyai Sh. dar dashthoi SSSR (az Ukraina va Zabaykaliya)  niz yoft shudaast. Sh.-ho dar dashtu biyobon guruh-guruh (odatan 5—6, bazan 30—40) shuda zindagi mekunand. 6—8 (qarib dar 18 shaboruz) tukhm meguzorand. Tukhmhoro Sh.-i narina (shab) va modina (ruz) zer (5— 6 hafta) mekunand. Chujahoi Sh. dar yakmohagi bo surati 50 km/soat davida metavonand. Gizoi Sh. navda, meva, tukhmi rastaniho va baze jovvaroni khurd ast.