Casuariidae
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The bird family Casuariidae Template:IPAc-en has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu.
All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea.[1]
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)
Systematics and evolution
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The fossil record of casuariforms is interesting, but not very extensive.
Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, Emuarius,[2] which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot.
Footnotes
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References
- Boles, Walter E. (2001): A new emu (Dromaiinae) from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation. Emu 101: 317–321. HTML abstract
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- Folch, A. (1992). Family Casuariidae (Cassowaries). pp. 90– 97 in; del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol 1, Ostrich to Ducks. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Template:ISBN
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