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Emu
lairgest bird native tae Australie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the seicont-maist-muckle livin bird bi hicht, efter its ratite relative, the ostrich. It is endemic tae Austrailie, whaur it is the maist muckle native bird an the anerly livin memmer o the genus Dromaius. The emu's scowth covers maist o mainland Austrailie, but the Tasmainien emu an King Island emu subspecies became extinct efter the European dounset o Australie in 1788. The bird is sufficiently common for it tae be cawed a least-concern species bi the Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur.
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Emu | |
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Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Superorder: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Casuariiformes |
Faimily: | Dromaiidae |
Genus: | Dromaius |
Species: | D. novaehollandiae |
Binomial name | |
Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)[3] | |
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The emu bides in the pink auries. | |
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