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The emu (/ ˈ iː m juː /; Dromaius novaehollandiae) is a species of flightless bird endemic to Australia, where it is the tallest native bird. It is the only extant member of the genus Dromaius and the third-tallest living bird after its African ratite relatives, the common ostrich and Somali ostrich. The emu's native ranges cover most of the ...
The common name of the genus is derived from the resemblance of their tails to the feathers of an emu. [2] The genus was defined by French naturalist René Lesson in 1831 after his visit to Port Jackson on the 1823-5 voyage of the Coquille, although the southern emu-wren had already been encountered and described soon after European settlement at Sydney Cove. [3]
Emu's Broadcasting Company (1975–1980) is a children's television series featuring Rod Hull and Emu running their own television station, EBC1, which parodied many BBC series of the time.
The following species and subspecies are recognized: Dromaius novaehollandiae, emu, remains common in most of the more lightly settled parts of mainland Australia.Overall population varies from decade to decade according to rainfall; as low as 200,000 and as high as 1,000,000, but a typical figure is about half a million individuals.
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A wildlife group that received a national profile after helping to capture an emu which had been on the run for several weeks has shut due to "lack of funds". Preston-based National Exotics Animal ...
Eremophila glabra 'Murchison Magic' Eremophila abietina Eremophila hygrophana Eremophila oldfieldii. Eremophila is a genus of more than 270 species of plants in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae all of which are endemic to mainland Australia.
The mallee emu-wren is an average 16.5 centimetres (6.5 inches) from head to tail. [8] The adult male mallee emu-wren has olive-brown upperparts with dark streaks, and a pale rufous unstreaked crown, and grey-brown wings. It has a sky blue throat, upper chest, lores, and ear coverts.