_Aepyornis cursor_ Milne-Edwards & Grandidier, C.R. CXVIII, p. 124
(1894).
Original description as follows: _Ae. cursor_ is almost as large as _Ae.
grandidieri_ = _maximus_ auct., nec. Geoffroy, but is more slender.
Length of tarso-metatarsus 380 mm.
Width at proximal end 140 "
Width at distal end 120 "
Circumference of shaft 155 "
Width of shaft 65 "
Habitat: Madagascar.