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Casuariiformes (Casowaries and Emus)

 

Casuariidae (Casowaries)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild, 1911 Pygmy cassowary Late Pleistocene Australia & Papua New Guinea Extinct Access

 

 

Dromaiidae (Emus)

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Dromaius australis Woods, 1866   Late Pleistocene? South Australia, Australia Invalid (nomen dubium) Access
             
Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus Parker, 1984 Kangaroo Island emu 1802-1836 Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia Extinct Access
             
Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis Le Souëf, 1907 Tasmanian emu 1839 or later Tasmania, Australia Extinct Access
             
Dromaius novaehollandiae minor Spencer, 1906 King Island (dwarf) emu, Black emu May 1822 King Island, Tasmania, Australia Extinct Access
             

Dromaius peroni

Rothschild, 1907   ? Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia Invalid (synonym) Access

 

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