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Dromaius Vieillot, 1816

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Vieillot, Louis. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle Ornithologie Elémentaire. A. Belin, Paris. London :,1883. : 1-70.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Casuariiformes
family
Dromaiidae
genus
Dromaius

Name

Synonyms
Dromaeius Bonaparte, 1856
Dromaeus Agassiz, 1842
Dromajus Thienemann, 1845
Dromiceius Stephens, 1826
Dromicejus Wagler, 1830
Dromiceus Stephens, 1826
Dromiceus Swainson, 1837
Dromiceus Wagler, 1830
Dromoeus Ranzani, 1821
Emou Griffith & Pidgeon, 1829
Emu
Peronista Mathews, 1912
Tachea Fleming, 1822
Homonyms
Dromaius Vieillot, 1816
Common names
Emu in English
emu in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Analyse, 54 (also as Dromiceius).
  2. CoL2006
  3. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  6. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
  7. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB
  8. as per family
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