🐦Emu
Az emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) a madarak osztályának struccalakúak (Struthioniformes) rendjébe, az emufélék (Dromaiidae) családjába tartozó faj. Egyes rendszerbesorolások szerint a kazuárfélékhez (Casuariidae) tartozik. Ausztrália hivatalos madara, a vörös óriáskenguruval együtt az emu tartja Ausztrália címerpajzsát az ország címerében.
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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 ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
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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