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1873: 137: 545:, remains common in most of the more lightly settled parts of mainland Australia. Overall population varies from decade to decade according to rainfall; as low as 200,000 and as high as 1,000,000, but a typical figure is about half a million individuals. Although emus are no longer found in the densely settled southern and southwestern agricultural areas, the provision of permanent stock water in arid regions has allowed the mainland subspecies to extend its range. There are five recognised 2364: 283: 2454: 2370: 512: 115: 481:
states that both names have equal precedence, and that the Principle of First Reviser (Article 24.2 ) determines which name is to be used. Most modern publications, including those of the Australian government, use
601:– The King Island emu was about half the size of the mainland species. By 1805 it had been hunted to extinction by sealers and visiting sailors. Some individuals were kept in captivity in 686:
at best, given the considerable variation even between living individuals. There are also some unidentifiable remains of emu-like birds from rocks as old as the middle
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Adam M. Yates; Trevor H. Worthy (2019). "A diminutive species of emu (Casuariidae: Dromaiinae) from the late Miocene of the Northern Territory, Australia".
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a few pages later. Which label is correct has been a point of contention ever since; the latter is more correctly formed, but the convention in
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Pfennigwerth, S. (2010). "(William T. Stearn Prize 2009) "The mighty cassowary": The discovery and demise of the King Island emu".
2625: 1294: 1872: 2630: 813: 2751: 2656: 571:– Southwestern Australia – darker, no ruff during breeding (not recognised as a subspecies by all authorities). 2708: 2638: 1067: 2547: 2534: 1287: 395: 734: 2552: 2363: 17: 2695: 2761: 516: 415: 136: 477:, as argued by W.B. Alexander. For names published on the same day, or in the same publication, the 1365: 708: 537: 441: 374: 261: 123: 1060: 2682: 2474: 1280: 682:
A number of other emu fossils from Australia described as separate species are now regarded as
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stated that Vieillot's description actually referred to the mainland emu and that the name
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Geographic distribution of emu taxa and historic shoreline reconstructions around Tasmania
565:– Northern Australia – slender, paler (not recognised as a subspecies by all authorities). 8: 2369: 1202: 1149: 632: 474: 341: 330: 1052: 1026: 954: 876: 2512: 1392: 1248: 1138: 1120: 1038: 1008: 966: 895: 858: 782: 675: 520: 295: 131: 2387: 2731: 2664: 1891: 1839: 970: 900: 658: 620: 363: 2741: 2406: 2054: 1600: 1042: 1030: 958: 890: 880: 839: 772: 962: 856: 2526: 1932: 1748: 1664: 1584: 1350: 1212: 1129: 885: 641: 637: 593: 405: 2643: 2539: 2285: 1547: 1256: 1083: 984:
Patterson, C.; Rich, Patricia Vickers (1987). "The fossil history of the emus,
670:, a diminutive species of emu, known from dispersed skeletal elements from the 550: 504: 470: 432: 198: 843: 2725: 2497: 2258: 2194: 2102: 1812: 1790: 1577: 1489: 1476: 1431: 1303: 1192: 1013: 683: 615: 576: 385: 352: 188: 72: 519:, based on life-drawings made during Baudin's journey and specimens kept at 2413: 2216: 2132: 1642: 1632: 904: 627:
was therefore invalid. It was thought to be a distinct species until 2011.
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is that the first name given stands, unless it is clearly a
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Tim H. Heupink, Leon Huynen & David M. Lambert (2011).
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International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Article 24
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The following species and subspecies are recognized:
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by later authors have produced further synonyms. The
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There is one extant species, 2723: 1838: 758: 1006: 2737:Higher-level bird taxa restricted to Australia 1349: 1288: 1068: 983: 661:, Australia), currently accepted as distinct. 479:International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 453:In his original 1816 description of the emu, 1487: 917: 829: 793: 1295: 1281: 1075: 1061: 281: 113: 894: 884: 776: 527: 1109: 557:Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae 510: 14: 2724: 1302: 990:Records of the South Australian Museum 924:Records of the South Australian Museum 490:mentioned as an alternative spelling. 2473: 2472: 2385: 1890: 1889: 1474: 1315: 1276: 1056: 911: 809: 807: 657:fossils (Mampuwordu Sands Formation, 2709:0AC796D9-3D2B-461D-A8EE-147B2E2C996E 2696:1F402D94-E44C-99C9-53A4-3DFEF273AD8E 633:Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus 577:Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis 569:Dromaius novaehollandiae rothschildi 2772:Taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot 2757:Bird genera with one living species 24: 943:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 804: 727: 706: 584:– The Tasmanian emu, which became 563:Dromaius novaehollandiae woodwardi 25: 2783: 1475: 741:. The Trust for Avian Systematics 700: 491: 435:δρομαίυς "runner") is a genus of 2767:Extant Miocene first appearances 2453: 2452: 2368: 2362: 1871: 135: 45: 1000: 977: 502:'s 1972 naming of the dinosaur 934: 850: 823: 752: 605:, the last one dying in 1822. 594:Dromaius novaehollandiae minor 13: 1: 963:10.1080/02724634.2019.1665057 820:. Australian Faunal Directory 693: 266:(Latham, 1790) Vieillot, 1816 886:10.1371/journal.pone.0018728 7: 832:Archives of Natural History 498:spelling was the basis for 10: 2788: 2752:Endemic birds of Australia 2386: 492:Misspellings of both forms 2481: 2448: 2394: 2381: 2359: 2312: 2293: 2284: 2254: 2224: 2215: 2156: 2122: 2084: 2075: 2030: 2008: 1996: 1942: 1911: 1902: 1898: 1885: 1868: 1834: 1789: 1744: 1713: 1681: 1628: 1609: 1598: 1543: 1502: 1498: 1483: 1470: 1430: 1412: 1403: 1385: 1376: 1358: 1345: 1311: 1234: 1173: 1163: 1099: 844:10.3366/E0260954109001661 761:"Generic Name of the Emu" 759:Alexander, W. B. (1927). 517:Charles-Alexandre Lesueur 301: 294: 289: 280: 258: 253: 243:Casuarius novaehollandiae 240: 233: 132:Scientific classification 130: 121: 112: 34: 1007:Walter E. Boles (2001). 538:Dromaius novaehollandiae 442:Dromaius novaehollandiae 124:Dromaius novaehollandiae 613:, but in his 1907 book 528:Species and subspecies 524: 446:commonly known as the 2678:Paleobiology Database 1203:Kangaroo Island emu ( 988:(Aves: Dromaiinae)". 918:Miller, A.H. (1963). 514: 455:Louis Pierre Vieillot 1139:Northern cassowary ( 1121:Southern cassowary ( 739:aviansystematics.org 667:Dromaius arleyekweke 1141:C. unappendiculatus 1027:2001EmuAO.101..317B 955:2019JVPal..39E5057Y 877:2011PLoSO...618728H 475:typographical error 398:& Pidgeon, 1829 1187:D. novaehollandiae 676:Northern Territory 525: 521:Jardin des Plantes 262:D. novaehollandiae 2719: 2718: 2665:Open Tree of Life 2475:Taxon identifiers 2466: 2465: 2444: 2443: 2377: 2376: 2357: 2356: 2353: 2352: 2349: 2348: 2211: 2210: 2071: 2070: 1992: 1991: 1916:Opisthodactylidae 1892:Notopalaeognathae 1881: 1880: 1866: 1865: 1862: 1861: 1858: 1857: 1840:Notopalaeognathae 1830: 1829: 1594: 1593: 1466: 1465: 1462: 1461: 1458: 1457: 1454: 1453: 1450: 1449: 1270: 1269: 1266: 1265: 1213:King Island emu ( 1205:D. n. baudinianus 1195:D. n. diemenensis 1159: 1158: 1130:Dwarf cassowary ( 715:. 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Dromaius novaehollandiae
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Animalia
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Aves
Palaeognathae
Casuariiformes
Casuariidae
Dromaius
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Type species
Casuarius novaehollandiae
D. novaehollandiae

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