Dromaius

Dromaius novaehollandiae, Victoria, Australia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Casuariiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Palaeognathae Ordo: Casuariiformes

Familia: Casuariidae
Subfamilia: Dromaiinae
Genus: Dromaius
Species: D. novaehollandiae

Species extinctae: †D. arleyekweke – †D. ocypus

Name

Dromaius Vieillot, 1816: 70

Synonyms

• Metapteryx De Vis, 1892: 453
• Peronista Mathews, 1912

References

Primary references

• Vieillot, L.P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. 70 pp. Paris: Deterville. p.54 BHL Reference page.  p.70
• De Vis, C.W. 1892. Residue of the extinct birds of Queensland as yet detected. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2), 6: 437–456, plates XXIII–XXIV. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Patterson, C. & Rich, P.V. 1987. The fossil history of the emus, Dromaius (Aves: Dromaiinae). Records of the South Australian Museum 21(2): 85–117. BHL Reference page. 
• Worthy, T.E. & Nguyen, J.M.T. 2020. An annotated checklist of the fossil birds of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 144(1): 66–108 DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2020.1756560 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Dromaius
Esperanto: Dromiceo
español: Emúes
suomi: Emut
italiano: Dromaius
日本語: エミュー属
lietuvių: Emu
Nederlands: Emoes
русский: Эму
svenska: Emuer

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