Casuariidae
Family of birds
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The bird family Casuariidae /kæsjuːəˈraɪ.ɪdiː/ has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu.
| Casuariidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Southern cassowary | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Casuariiformes |
| Family: | Casuariidae Kaup, 1847[1] |
| Genera | |
| Diversity | |
| 2-3 genera, 6-7 species | |
All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea.[2]
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)