| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AVES | Struthioniformes | Dromaiidae |
| Scientific Name: | Dromaius baudinianus | |||
| Species Authority: | S. A. Parker, 1984 | |||
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Dromaius novaehollandiae (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into D. novaehollandiae, D. ater and D. baudinianus following Christidis and Boles (1994). | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 | |||||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||||||||
| Assessor/s | BirdLife International | |||||||||
| Evaluator/s: | Bird, J. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority) | |||||||||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Dromaius baudinianus was endemic to Kangaroo Island, off South Australia, Australia5. Peron, who visited the island in 1802-1803 with Baudin, wrote that the species inhabited ";the innermost recesses of the woods"; but would visit the shoreline in the afternoon1. Writing in 1837, Leigh reported that birds had not been seen for 10 years3. The species was apparently systematically hunted to extinction by a settler1, although habitat alteration by fire may also have contributed to its demise3. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Australia
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| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Citation: | BirdLife International 2008. Dromaius baudinianus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 March 2010. |
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