Topic

Dromaius novaehollandiae minor

Instructions

Discuss Animal extinction: King Island Emu

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King Island Emu is an extinct subspecies of Emu that was endemic to King Island which is situated in the Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania. It became extinct 14, 000 years ago. The King Island emu was the smallest of all emus and had darker plumage than the mainland emu. It was black and brown and had naked blue skin on the neck, and its chicks were striped like those on the mainland.

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