Species profile—Dromaius novaehollandiae (emu)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Casuariidae (cassowaries and emus) → Dromaius novaehollandiae (emu)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Casuariidae (cassowaries and emus)
- Scientific name
- Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790)
- Common name
- emu
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1089
- Alternate name(s)
- spotted emu
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1089
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.