Dromaius by Kordouane

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 13, 2018

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Description

Dromaius is a genus of ratite present in Australia. There is one extant species, Dromaius novaehollandiae commonly known as the emu. In his original 1816 description of the emu, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot used two generic names; first Dromiceius, then Dromaius a few pages later. It has been a point of contention ever since which is correct; the latter is more correctly formed, but the convention in taxonomy is that the first name given stands, unless it is clearly a typographical error. Most modern publications, including those of the Australian government, use Dromaius, with Dromiceius mentioned as an alternative spelling. Others misspelling synonyms are descript for genus (see synonyms in taxobox). However, the Dromiceius spelling was used by Dale Russell in his 1972 naming of the dinosaur Dromiceiomimus.

Comments (10)

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beachsidelegs Online Now!

11:16AM | Tue, 13 March 2018

Such a cool bird love them a wonderful image my friend :)

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Kordouane

11:42AM | Tue, 13 March 2018

Thank you very much

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T.Rex

12:32PM | Tue, 13 March 2018

Reminds me of one of EdKline's frog monsters in Whoomera. Cool photo of an unusual creature. Looks a bit like an ostrich. Keep up the good work! :-)

Kordouane

12:48PM | Tue, 13 March 2018

Thank you very much

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TwiztidKidd

2:40PM | Tue, 13 March 2018

He's looking at you... I think he knows you're taking a photo of him. =)

Kordouane

3:28AM | Wed, 14 March 2018

Thank you very much

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LivingPixels

3:04PM | Tue, 13 March 2018

Great capture excellent photography!!

Kordouane

3:28AM | Wed, 14 March 2018

Thank you very much

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DukeNukem2005

4:14PM | Tue, 13 March 2018

It is amazing!

Kordouane

3:28AM | Wed, 14 March 2018

Thank you very much

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blinkings

1:31AM | Wed, 14 March 2018

LOL I have just been playing with one of these today! Photos coming. The most important thing for people who aren't Aussies (Americans especially!!) to remember is that it is pronounced 'EEM-YOU' not 'EEM-MOO'!

Kordouane

3:28AM | Wed, 14 March 2018

Thank you very much

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