King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

Query: Birds of australia

Result: 495^th of 1059

Subject:	King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Hand coloured lithograph (circa 1911) of (Dromaius parvulus) which is now a synonym of the Kangaroo Island Emu (Dromaius baudinianus) from The Birds of Australia (1910-28) by Gregory Macalister Mathews (1876-1949) - the specimen was later shown to come from King Island instead.
Date 1911
Source http://extinct-website.com/extinct-website/product_info.php?products_id=378
Author artwork by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dromaius_parvulus.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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