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Dromaius novaehollandiae (Common emu)
Taxonomy
Casuarius novaehollandiae was named by Latham (1790). It is extant.
It was recombined as Dromaius novaehollandiae by Vieillot (1816), Patterson and Rich (1987), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was recombined as Dromaius novaehollandiae by Vieillot (1816), Patterson and Rich (1987), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1790 | Casuarius novaehollandiae Latham |
1816 | Dromaius novaehollandiae Vieillot |
1888 | Dromaius patricius De Vris |
1892 | Dromaius gracilipes De Vis p. 445 |
1892 | Metapteryx bifrons De Vis p. 453 |
1905 | Dromaius patricius De Vis p. 25 |
1933 | Dromaius patricius Lambrecht p. 111 |
1933 | Dromaius gracilipes Lambrecht p. 113 |
1933 | Metapteryx bifrons Lambrecht p. 222 |
1987 | Dromaius novaehollandiae Patterson and Rich |
2014 | Dromaius novaehollandiae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Dromaius novaehollandiae Clements et al. |
2020 | Dromaius novaehollandiae Worthy and Nguyen p. 70 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Dromaius novaehollandiae Latham 1790 [Common emu]
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†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus Parker 1984 [Kangaroo island emu]
†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis Le Souëf 1904
†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor Spencer and Kershaw 1910
Invalid names: Dromaius gracilipes De Vis 1892 [synonym], Dromaius patricius De Vris 1888 [synonym], Metapteryx bifrons De Vis 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available