Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
Emu Hned, Emu Ostrovn
Common Names in Danish:
Emu
Common Names in Dutch:
Emoe, Tasmaanse emoe
Common Names in English:
Australian Emu, Emu
Common Names in Estonian:
Emu
Common Names in Finnish:
Emu
Common Names in French:
Emeu, Émeu d'Australie
Common Names in German:
Emu
Common Names in Italian:
Em
Common Names in Japanese:
Emyu-, エミュ−
Common Names in Latin:
Dromaius novaehollandiae
Common Names in Lithuanian:
Emu
Common Names in Norwegian:
Emu
Common Names in Polish:
Emu, Emu Zwyczajne
Common Names in Russian:
Страус эму
Common Names in Slovak:
Emu hned
Common Names in Spanish:
Em
Common Names in Swedish:
Emu
Common Names in Turkish:
Emu
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,751 meters (0 to 5,745 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 4 Grassland
- 4.4 Grassland - Temperate
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Palaeognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Casuariimorphae
()
- B.C. Livezey & R.L. Zusi, 2007
- Order:
Casuariiformes
()
- Sclater, 1880
- Family:
Dromaiidae
()
- Huxley, 1868
- Genus:
Dromaius
()
- Vieillot, 1816
- Specific name:
novaehollandiae
- (Latham) 1790
- Scientific name: - Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) (Latham) 1790
- Specific name:
novaehollandiae
- (Latham) 1790
- Genus:
Dromaius
(
- Family:
Dromaiidae
(
- Order:
Casuariiformes
(
- Superorder:
Casuariimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Palaeognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Dromaius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. ater (King Island Emu) · D. baudinianus (Kangaroo Island Emu) · D. novaehollandiae (Australian Emu) · D. novaehollandiae diemenensis (Dwarf Emu) · D. novaehollandiae novaehollandiae (Emu)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 49, p. 50.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 202, p. 250, p. 254.
- Nutritional ecology and digestive physiology of the hoatzin, Opisthocomus hoazin, a folivorous bird with foregut fermentation / 1991. url .
- Proceedings of the International Ornithological Congress. [Canberra, etc.]: Australian Academy of Science [etc.] url p. 160.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 14.
- Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 571.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 105.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Dromaius novaehollandiae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University of California Museum of Paleontology DiGIR provider
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- , Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-696098
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174385
- IUCN ID: 206138
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 151616
Footnotes
- Mean = 194.830 meters (639.206 feet), Standard Deviation = 353.890 based on 30 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
