| Casuarius lydekkeri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Casuariiformes |
| Family: | Casuariidae |
| Genus: | Casuarius |
| Species: | †C. lydekkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Casuarius lydekkeri Rothschild, 1911 | |
Casuarius lydekkeri, also called the pygmy cassowary, is an extinct species of small cassowary that lived in New South Wales, Australia, during the Pleistocene. It is the smallest species of all cassowaries. Pygmy cassowary
Distribution and Habitat[]
It was distributed in New South Wales during the Pleistocene, Its bones being found in caves near Wellington significantly further south than extant cassowaries, which are confined to Far North Queensland It is also known from deposits from the central highlands, Papua New Guinea.