who described it first?
Arthur Phillip
Emu
The birds were first mentioned under the name of the "New Holland cassowary" in Arthur Phillip's "Voyage to Botany Bay", published in 1789 with the following description:
what is the scientific name of emu? Dromaius novaehollandiae what is its conservation status? Least concern what does it feed on? Plants as "Acacia", "Casuarina" and grasses; insects which genus does it belong to? Dromaius how is the name formed? From two generic names - Dromiceius, Dromaius where are they mostly found? Australia
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Emu [SEP] History
Emus were first reported as having been seen by Europeans when explorers visited the western coast of Australia in 1696. This was during an expedition led by Dutch captain Willem de Vlamingh who was searching for survivors of a ship that had gone missing two years earlier. The birds were known on the eastern coast before 1788, when the first Europeans settled there. The birds were first mentioned under the name of the "New Holland cassowary" in Arthur Phillip's "Voyage to Botany Bay", published in 1789 with the following description: The species was named by ornithologist John Latham in 1790 based on a specimen from the Sydney area of Australia, a country which was known as New Holland at the time.