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Description
Fine C18th engraving of the Southern cassowary by Frederick Polydore Nodder.
Common name: Southern cassowary, Australian cassowary
Modern binomial name: Casuarrius Casuarrius
Distribution: QLD. Northern Cape York Peninsula.
First described: 1758 Linnaeus
From, Shaw & Nodder’s, Miscellany…
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