Family: Casuariidae (Cassowaries, Emus)

Authority: S.A. Parker, 1984

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was formerly found on Kangaroo Island, Australia, but is now considered Extinct. It has not been recorded since 1819, and is thought to have succumbed to hunting pressure some years before the arrival of permanent settlers in 1836.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Oceanian
IUCN System - Terrestrial