Dromaius baudinianus 10S.A. Parker, 1984 Kangaroo Island Emu
vKangaroo I. (off South Australia) [Parker, 1984 #2904]
1 Treated as a broad family including the Dromaiidae by Christidis & Boles (2008) [Christidis, 2008 #11602].
2 Treated as monotypic in most recent literature, e.g. Mayr (1979) [Mayr, 1979 #2568], Folch (1992) [Folch, 1992 #12675], Dickinson (2003) [Dickinson, 2003 #9533], but Davies (2002) [Davies, 2002 #12283] treated papuanus as a separate species.
3 For recognition see Davies (2002) [Davies, 2002 #12283]; we do not recognise edwardsi because it is from the terra typica of papuanus.
4 See Bruce & McAllan (1991) [Bruce, 1991 #5956] for correct source and date of publication.
5 Introduced to Seram (S Moluccas).
6 For corroboration of mainland populations as monotypic and a distinct but extinct Tasmanian population based on smaller size see Davies (2002) [Davies, 2002 #12283].
7 Includes woodwardi; see Marchant & Higgins (1990) [Marchant, 1990 #2485]; and rothschildi; see Davies (2002) [Davies, 2002 #12283].
8 The name Dromaius ater Vieillot, 1817 [Vieillot, 1817 #3991], previously applied to this species, is a synonym of Casuarius novaehollandiae Latham, 1790; see Mathews (1927) [Mathews, 1927 #2527].
9 For a suggestion this may not deserve species rank see Heupink et al. (2011) [Heupink, 2011 #13406].
10 The name Casuarius diemenianus Jennings, 1828, retained by Mayr (1979) [Mayr, 1979 #2568] is not applicable; see Jouanin (1959) [Jouanin, 1959 #2161] and Parker (1984) [Parker, 1984 #2904].