Casuariidae

Casuariidae
	Southern cassowary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Casuariiformes
Family:	Casuariidae; Kaup, 1847
Genera
	Casuarius Brisson, 1760; Dromaius Vieillot, 1816; †Emuarius Boles, 1992;
Diversity
	2-3 genera, 6-7 species

The bird family Casuariidae /kæsjuːəˈraɪ.ɪdiː/ 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.

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

Some Australian fossils initially believed to be from emus were recognized to represent a distinct genus, Emuarius, which had a cassowary-like skull and femur and an emu-like lower leg and foot.

Footnotes

↑ Brand, S. (2008)
↑ Clements, J (2007)
↑ From "Emu" + "Casuarius". Describer W. E. Boles commonly refers to the genus as "emuwaries" or "cassomus".

References

Boles, Walter E. (2001): A new emu (Dromaiinae) from the Late Oligocene Etadunna Formation. Emu 101: 317–321. HTML abstract
Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Family Casuariidae". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 4 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
Clements, James (2007). The Clements Checklist of the Birds of the World (6 ed.). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4501-9.
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. ISBN 84-87334-09-1

[Brands-1] Brand, S. (2008)

[Clements,_J_(2007)-2] Clements, J (2007)

[3] From "Emu" + "Casuarius". Describer W. E. Boles commonly refers to the genus as "emuwaries" or "cassomus".