🐦Emu
For alternative betydninger, se Emu (flertydig). (Se også artikler, som begynder med Emu) Emuen (latin: Dromaius novaehollandiae) er en stor australsk fugl, der ikke kan flyve. Fuglen har en højde på cirka 150–190 centimeter og en vægt på 30–55 kilogram. Den menes at være nærmest beslægtet med kasuarerne. Emuen er den eneste nulevende art i familien Dromaiidae, der ofte er blevet placeret blandt strudsefuglene, men nu er foreslået at tilhøre ordenen Casuariiformes. Emuen er udbredt over det meste af Australien. Der har været bekæmpelse af bestanden i den såkaldte Emu-krigen. Bestanden menes at ligge på omkring 800.000 individer. Den kan løbe op til 50 km/t og kan blive op til 30 år gammel.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 34 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Emu
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass34 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
By sex
- Female38 kgWikidataQ93208
- Male33 kgWikidataQ93208
Figures vary
- 39 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Standing height1.75 mnot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
ADW: "Emus can reach a maximum height of 190 cm, with the average at 175 cm." Value = stated average; high = stated maximum. Posture not stated; for an emu, height conventionally means the standing bird.
Source: Shorter 2012, 'Dromaius novaehollandiae', Animal Diversity Web, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dromaius_novaehollandiae/ · see citation
Tail length0.43 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.38 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l34 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Emu yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderCasuariiformes
- ›familyDromaiidae
- ›genusDromaius
- ›speciesDromaius novaehollandiae
- classBirds · Aves
- orderCasuariiformes
- familyDromaiidae
- genusDromaius
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderPalaeognathae
- orderCasuariiformes
- familyDromaiidae
- genusDromaius
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