Casuariidae

Casuariidae
	Southern cassowary
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Casuariiformes
Family:	Casuariidae; Kaup, 1847
Genera
	†Emuarius Boles, 1992; Casuarius Brisson, 1760; Dromaius Vieillot, 1816;
Diversity
	2-3 genera, 6-7 species

The bird family Casuariidae /kæsjuːəˈraɪ.ɪdiː/ has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary and the emu.

All living members of the family are very large flightless birds native to Australia-New Guinea.^[2]