Casuariiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Casuarius + -iformes
Proper noun
Casuariiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the cassowaries and emus.
Usage notes
- Sometimes lumped with Struthioniformes.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Paleognathae - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Casuariidae, Dromaiidae - families
References
- Casuariiformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Casuariiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Casuariiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Casuariiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521