King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

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Subject:	King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)
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King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

Dwarf emus and other animals outside Château de Malmaison. Frontispiece from the Atlas of the Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes.[1]
Date 1807
Source https://archive.org/stream/voyagededcouve03pr#page/n5/mode/2up
Author Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Malmaison_animals.jpg

The King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor) is an extinct subspecies of emu that was endemic to King Island, which is situated in the Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania. The small size of the King Island emu may be an example of insular dwarfism.

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