Kangaroo Island emu
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This article is about the subspecies of emu. For other uses, see Kangaroo Island (disambiguation).
The Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu[2] (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus) is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland emu mainly in its smaller size. The species became extinct by about 1827.[3]
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Kangaroo Island emu | |
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Only known skin, Natural History Museum of Geneva | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Casuariiformes |
Family: | Casuariidae |
Genus: | Dromaius |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | †D. n. baudinianus |
Trinomial name | |
†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus Parker, S.A., 1984[2] | |
Geographic distribution of emu taxa and historic shoreline reconstructions around Tasmania, D. n. baudinianus in purple | |
Synonyms | |
Casuarius diemenianus Jennings,1827 |
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