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Casuariidae

Family of birds

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All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea.

Species

  • † Emuarius Boles, 1992 (emuwaries) (Late Oligocene – Late Miocene)
    • † E. gidju (Patterson & Rich 1987) Boles, 1992
    • † E. guljaruba Boles, 2001
  • Casuarius Brisson, 1760 (cassowary)
    • † C. lydekkeri Rothschild, 1911 (Pygmy cassowary)
    • C. casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Southern cassowary)
    • C. unappendiculatus Blyth, 1860 (Northern cassowary)
    • C. bennetti Gould, 1857 (Dwarf Cassowary)
      • C. b. westermanni (Sclater, 1874) (Papuan dwarf cassowary)
      • C. b. bennetti Gould, 1857 (Bennett's cassowary)
  • Dromaius Vieillot, 1816 (emu)
    • †D. arleyekweke Yates & Worthy 2019
    • †D. ocypus Miller 1963
    • D. novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (Emu)
      • †D. n. diemenensis Le Souef, 1907 (Tasmanian emu)
      • †D. n. minor Spencer, 1906 (King Island emu)
      • †D. n. baudinianus Parker, SA, 1984 (Kangaroo Island emu)
      • D. n. novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (Emu)

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