Cassowary
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Cassowaries are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius, in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites, flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bones. Cassowaries are native to
Cassowary Diversity
Close-up of the head of a southern cassowary
Feet of a southern cassowary: Cassowaries use their feet as weapons.
Juvenile southern cassowary
Dwarf cassowary
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The dwarf cassowary, also known as Bennett's cassowary, little cassowary, mountain cassowary or muruk, is the smallest of the three extant species of cassowaries. Like all cassowaries, it is a mostly
Cassowary
…third-heaviest living bird, smaller only than the two species of ostrich and the emu. The other two species of cassowary are the northern cassowary and the dwarf cassowary; the northern cassowary is the most recently discovered and the most threatened. A fourth, extinct, species is the pygmy cassowary. Cassowaries are…
Casuarius bennetti Avilon Zoo, Rodriguez, Rizal, Philippines 8a
Dwarf cassowary in Lae, New Guinea
Drawing from Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia by George Bennett (1860)
Egg of Dwarf Cassowary