The emu is the second-largest living bird by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. The emu's range covers most of mainland Australia, but the Tasmanian, Kangaroo Island and King Island subspecies became extinct after the European settlement of Australia in 1788. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Latham, J 1790)
Reference:
Index Orn.
2 p.665
Protonym:
Casuarius N. Hollandiae
Type locality:
"Novae Hollandiae", restricted to Sydney, NSW (fide Mathews, 1910a, The Birds of Australia 1: 3)
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53510090
Avibase ID:
FD2456D503016C33
Avibase ID:
avibase-FD2456D5
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FD2456D5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174385
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, ater or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, ater or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Emu, King Island or Kangaroo Island Emu ( Dromaius [novaehollandiae, minor or baudinianus]) |
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dromaius novaehollandiae [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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