Kangaroo Island emu

This article is about the subspecies of emu. For other uses, see Kangaroo Island (disambiguation).

Kangaroo Island emu
Only known skin, Natural History Museum of Geneva

Extinct (1827)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Casuariiformes
Family: Casuariidae
Genus: Dromaius
Species:
D. novaehollandiae
Subspecies:
†D. n. baudinianus
Trinomial name
†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus
Geographic distribution of emu taxa and historic shoreline reconstructions around Tasmania, D. n. baudinianus in purple
Synonyms

Casuarius diemenianus Jennings,1827
Dromaius parvulus Mathews,1901
Peronista diemenianus Mathews,1927

The Kangaroo Island emu or dwarf emu[2] (Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus) is an extinct subspecies of emu. It was restricted to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, which was known as Ile Decrés by the members of the Baudin expedition. It differed from the mainland emu mainly in its smaller size. The species became extinct by about 1827.[3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Dromaius baudinianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22724449A94867311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22724449A94867311.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003)
  3. ^ Stattersfield et al. 1998.