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The bird family Casuariidae / k æ sj uː ə ˈ r aɪ. ɪ d iː / 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 .
Casuariidae Kaup, 1847 (emus and cassowaries) † Emuarius Boles, 1992 (emuwaries) (Late Oligocene – Late Miocene) † Emuarius gidju (Patterson & Rich 1987) Boles, 1992
Species Casuarius casuarius Southern cassowary; Casuarius unappendiculatus Northern cassowary; Casuarius bennetti Dwarf cassowary † Casuarius lydekkeri Pygmy cassowary; Synonyms
Northern cassowaries are members of the family Casuariidae, of which there are only four extant members: Three of them being the Cassowaries; the other the last remaining extant species of emu. All present superficial similarities, along being large flightless birds .
Skeletal mount (note damaged skull) Presently, most authorities consider the southern cassowary monotypic, but several subspecies have been described. [3] It has proven very difficult to confirm the validity of these due to individual variations, age-related variations, the relatively few available specimens (and the bright skin of the head and neck – the basis upon which several subspecies ...
The Casuariidae are a bird family containing the ratites of the Australian region, except moa. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of ...
Family Casuariidae Kaup 1847 (cassowaries & emus) Genus Casuarius Brisson 1760. Casuarius bennetti Gould 1857 (dwarf cassowary) LC. C. b. bennetti Gould 1857 (Bennett's cassowary) C. b. westermanni (Sclater 1874) (Papuan dwarf cassowary) Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus 1758) Brisson 1760 (southern cassowary) LC †Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild ...
Dwarf cassowary in Lae, New Guinea. The scientific name commemorates the Australian naturalist George Bennett. [4] He was the first scientist to examine these birds after a few were brought to Australia aboard a ship.