Southern Cassowary

Southern Cassowary
	At the Rainforest Habitat Wildlife Sanctuary, Port Douglas, Australia
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Clade:	Notopalaeognathae
Clade:	Novaeratitae
Order:	Casuariiformes
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Genus:	{{{1}}}
Species:	C. casuarius
Binomial name
	Casuarius casuarius; (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names[edit]

Southern Cassowary is sometimes called the Double-wattled Cassowary, in contrast with the Northern Cassowary, which is sometimes called the Single-wattled Cassowary.

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References[edit]

^ Boyd, John (August 6, 2014). "Casuariidae" ({{{version}}} ed.). Retrieved January 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ BirdLife International (2012). "Casuarius casuarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Cassowaries". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 75–79. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.

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This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Casuariiformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each emu and cassowary, including made-up species.

This article is part of Project Casuariidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each cassowary, including made-up species.

[TIF-1] Boyd, John (August 6, 2014). "Casuariidae" ({{{version}}} ed.). Retrieved January 13, 2015. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[IUCN-2] BirdLife International (2012). "Casuarius casuarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[Davies-3] Davies, S.J.J.F. (2003). "Cassowaries". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 75–79. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.

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