King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)

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Subject:	King Island emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae minor)
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Life drawings of the extinct Black Emu from Kangaroo Island.
Note sur L'Émeu noir (Dromaeus ater V.)de L'Île decrés (Australie) Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Volume 5, 1899.
Date 1899
Source http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5029585#page/214/mode/1up
Author Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (died 1846)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lessueur_Emu.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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