How very interesting Mona, thanks.
Remarkable that tiny King Island had its own Emu, presumably extinguished soon
after European
Settlement, or before and only known from "fossils"?
Cheers
Michael
Sent from my iPhone
> On 31 Jan 2020, at 8:23 am, Mona Loofs-Samorzewski <>
> wrote:
>
> It depends which taxonomy you use. IOC has both the King Island Emu and the
> Tasmanian Emu as sub-species of the (mainland) Emu. The BirdLife Australia
> Working List of Birds has the Tasmanian Emu as a sub-species of Emu and the
> King Island Emu as a separate species (Kangaroo Island Emu as another
> separate species).
>
> Cheers
> Mona
>
>
>> On 31 Jan 2020, at 4:19 am, Michael Hunter <> wrote:
>>
>> Was the Tasmanian Emu the same as the Mainland species. Or different as
>> was the Kangaroo Island Emu?
>>
>> Cheers. Michael
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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