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Home › Science › Zoology › Ornithology › Casuariiformes

Casuariiformes

Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emus)

    Casuariidae – 3 species

      • from kesuari, a Malayan word for the Cassowary
    • Casuarius bennetti (Bennett’s Cassowary)
      • named for Dr. G. Bennett (1804-1893), an Australian surgeon, botanist, and zoologist from New South Wales
    • Casuarius casuarius (Australian Cassowary)
    • Casuarius unappendiculatus (One-wattled Cassowary)
      • unus (L): one
      • appendix – appendicis (L): an appendage

    Dromaiidae – 1 species

    • Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu)
      • dromaios (Gr): running at full speed; swift
      • New Holland is the old name for a part of Australia where the bird inhabits the dry forest and open plains.




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