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Casuarius Brisson, 1760

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
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Published in
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Casuariiformes
family
Casuariidae
genus
Casuarius

Name

Synonyms
Casearius Rafinesque, 1815
Casoaris Fleming, 1822
Casoarius Gray, 1840
Cassowara Perry, 1811
Cassuarius Blyth, 1847
Casuaris
Cela Möhring, 1758
Cela Oken, 1816
Chelarga Billberg, 1828
Hippalectryo Gloger, 1842
Oxyporus Brookes, 1828
Thrasys Billberg, 1828
Homonyms
Casuarius Brisson, 1760
Casuarius Latham, 1790
Common names
cassowary in English

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL2006
  2. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  3. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  4. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  5. Ornith., 5
  6. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
  7. SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB
  8. as per family
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